World War Two

BBC Archive: Outbreak of World War Two

1939: Britain declares war on Germany. Audio
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BBC Archive: World War Two
1939: King George VI addresses the nation. Audio
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BBC Archive: World War Two
Posted
3 September 1939
1939: News - Outbreak of war with Germany. Audio
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BBC Archive: World War Two
Posted
3 September 1939
1938: Government issues gas mask instructions. Audio
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BBC Archive: World War Two
Posted
1 October 1938

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WW2 veteran celebrates 103rd birthday with family
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Sussex
Posted
1 day ago
'James Bond-style' WW2 power station up for sale
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Coventry & Warwickshire
Posted
2 days ago
Tributes paid to man who parachuted into Normandy
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Bristol
Posted
3 days ago
Witness History. The playboy spy who inspired James Bond. Audio, 11 minutes
Dusko Popov was one of WW2's most successful double agents, inspiring the fictional 007
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Wartime Longest Yarn display returns to cathedral
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Peterborough
Posted
19 February
'Humble' WW2 D-Day veteran dies aged 101
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Birmingham & Black Country
Posted
17 February
Witness History. World War Two’s Shetland Bus. Audio, 11 minutes
The Norwegian sailors who aided their country's resistance against the Nazis
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Liberation Day cavalcade returns with new director
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Guernsey
Posted
15 February
Plans to mark wartime tragedy which killed 100 Scottish Italians
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Scotland
Posted
14 February
Vera Lynn's wartime notes reveal comfort for families
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England
Posted
13 February
Investigation brings closure for long-lost family after WW2 Nazi kidnap
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England
Posted
13 February
Royal Navy Blitz hero's George Cross sold for £80k
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England
Posted
13 February
D-Day veteran who 'never thought of himself as a hero' dies aged 100
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Glasgow & West Scotland
Posted
9 February
Relatives mark Lancaster bomber crash anniversary
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Leicestershire
Posted
9 February
D-Day veteran and wartime ambassador dies aged 100
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England
Posted
8 February
WW2 veteran and newspaper journalist turns 104
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South Yorkshire
Posted
7 February
The fire-lit WW2 runways that 'saved 10,000 lives'
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
6 February
Vision for Dambusters base unveiled ahead of sale
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Lincolnshire
Posted
5 February
Cathedral hosts knitted World War Two exhibition
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Lancashire
Posted
4 February
World War Two shell found in Cornish stream
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Cornwall
Posted
3 February
WW2 veteran, 105, keeps mum on secret of old age
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Essex
Posted
2 February
Freedom of Whittlesey for banana-a-day centenarian
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England
Posted
31 January
Views sought on radar-inspired seafront sculpture
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
31 January
Hundreds attend funeral of 102-year-old WW2 veteran
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Kent
Posted
30 January