Kategori: World War Two
Mystery of how top sports professor was found dead inside Russia’s most famous statue
Nikolai Chesnokov, 68, fell ill and collapsed after climbing 200 steps to the top of the memorial (Picture: east2west / Shutterstock)
The chancellor of Russia’s top sports university has died inside the head of ‘Motherland Call…
‘Devastating’ disturbing film based on a true story comes to Amazon Prime Video
The historical movie is famously divisive.
‘We just went wild’: how children celebrated cakes and peace on VE Day
Everything was red, white and blue.
‘Getting food parcels during the war was like birthdays and Christmas all at once’
Poverty was rife in the mid 1940s, so receiving Care packages was a lifeline for many families (Picture: Care International)
Tim Thomas was four years old when the much-anticipated box arrived on his family’s rural Wiltshire doorstep. The …
I ate like a WWII Land Girl for a week to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day
‘Mock banana’ anyone?
The beautiful game in wartime: How football unified and thrived during World War II
Stanley Matthews runs with the ball for the RAF team (Picture: Getty)
On 16 October 1943, around 60,000 spectators made their way into Maine Road for a wartime international fixture between England and Scotland.
The hosts were undoubtedly…
How Victory in Europe gave women the first taste of a treat normally reserved for men
‘I felt I had to do something to help the war effort’
VE Day 1945 live: World wakes up to victory after Germany surrenders to the Allies
Metro live blogs the VE Day 1945 minute by minute.
I lived in a post-war ‘flatpack’ home – prefabs were built for heroes
Just 8,000 remain today.
How the royals celebrated VE Day back in 1945
The princesses managed to sneak into the VE Day crowd.
‘How Churchill’s VE Day speech reached our Nazi camp from a hidden attic radio’
‘We began to realize that something was changing.’
Kemi Badenoch: Britain risks losing the spirit of Churchill and VE Day
80 years on from the first VE Day, we live in increasingly uncertain times.
Keir Starmer: My grandad’s post-war silence reminds me of our VE Day sacrifice
We never did find out exactly what he saw. He simply didn’t want to talk about it.
UK party leaders pay tribute to ‘lion-hearted generation’ for VE Day
The leaders of Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, Reform and the Green Party have written for Metro.
This journalist broke the news of Germany’s WW2 surrender – then got fired
Within an hour of breaking the story, his credentials were revoked.
VE Day 2025: Map shows the UK landmarks that will be lit up tonight
The landmarks will shine red, white and blue from 9pm tonight.
What VE Day 2025 celebrations are happening across the UK this week?
From street parties to beacon lightings, there’s plenty of ways to celebrate.
How did World War II end – and why do Europe and the US recognise different dates?
Today is VJ Day.
Queen tells veteran how her ‘lucky’ dad survived being shot in face during war
Veteran Douglas Cracknell joined the Queen to discuss the war and memories of it (Picture: Getty/The Royal Family)
Queen Camilla has recalled how her dad was shot through the side of his face when he was captured in Egypt during World War …
I ate like a WWII Land Girl for a week to see if it helped me muster the Blitz spirit
‘Mock banana’ anyone?
I ate like a WWII Land Girl for a week to see if it helped me muster the Blitz spirit
‘Mock banana’ anyone?
VE Day 2025: Map shows Red Arrows flypast route and schedule
The display will begin over the North Sea off the cost of Norfolk before heading inland over East Anglia, Essex and London.
Explosive discovery helps family fun day at 13th century castle end with a bang
‘It could have killed the person who found it’.
Inside rare Cold War bunker which is selling for only £20,000
The bunker was once home to the ‘eyes and ears of the RAF’.
Inside rare Cold War bunker which is selling for only £20,000
The bunker was once home to the ‘eyes and ears of the RAF’.