Second World War
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Can you solve GCHQ’s LGBT-themed Alan Turing brain-teaser?
Puzzles and Quizzes Spooks release puzzle as £50 note dedicated to the code breaker enters circulation
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Woman misses out on £18m jackpot after washing ticket
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Coronavirus: 2020 sees largest annual increase in deaths since WW2
feature Excess fatalities in the UK rose to levels not seen since wartime
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Plea for public to help find secret Second World War bunkers
Speed Read Hundreds of ‘Scallywag’ underground hideouts lie undiscovered in British countryside
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VE Day stories: victory, defeat - and nice knickers
In Depth The end of WWII in Europe, remembered by those who witnessed it
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How to celebrate VE Day at home
The Week Recommends May bank holiday celebrates 75 years since Allies won WW2
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Why everyone’s talking about Tom Moore
In Depth The 99-year-old Second World War veteran who has raised over £5m for NHS workers with sponsored walk
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VE Day: how World War 2 ended
In Depth This year Europe will mark 75 years since the Allies declared victory over Germany
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Why is France awarding London the Legion d’honneur?
In Depth Emmanuel Macron sparks controversy with move to commemorate the city’s help during WWII
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Pret a Manger owners make amends for Nazi past
Speed Read Reimann family to support Holocaust survivors after discovering links with Hitler
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Seven tragic Second World War poems
In Depth Less well-known than those of the First World War, the poems of WWII are just as gut-wrenching
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A timeline of the Second World War: from declaration to surrender
In Depth Eight decades have passed since beginning of global conflict that would claim tens of millions of lives
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Catch-22 and five other must-read Second World War books
In Depth George Clooney’s TV adaptation of Joseph Heller’s novel begins on Channel 4 tonight
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D-Day: remarkable pictures from the Normandy invasion
Speed Read Theresa May and Donald Trump arrive in France to mark the 75th anniversary
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