Second World War
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Adolf Hitler was a 'super junkie', claims new book
In Depth Author Norman Ohler says the German fuhrer turned to drugs after Von Stauffenberg's assassination attempt in 1944
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Dunkirk: New trailer is out - but where is Harry Styles?
The Week Recommends One Direction star missing in action from first glimpse of Christopher Nolan's nail-biting war drama
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The Blitz 75 years on: how Britain coped with Nazi terror
In Depth Eight months of deadly air raids put civilians on the front line of war
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Violette Szabo: how WW2 heroine earned her George Cross
In Depth Medal was awarded for daring spy missions immortalised in the film Carve Her Name With Pride
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Hitler's holiday resort to be turned into luxury flats, hotel and spa
In Depth Critics say the redevelopment of Prora, a Nazi seaside 'paradise', affirms Hitler's vision
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Germany should have given up a province for the Jewish people
In Depth The Jews should have been offered a homeland in Franconia, with Jerusalem a place of pilgrimage
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New Imperial War Museum is spectacular and heartbreaking
In Depth 'Fascinating and frequently heartbreaking' exhibits make up for more 'adult' transformation
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D-Day veteran of 89 repeats parachute jump into France
Speed Read Jock Hutton arrived in Normandy for the D-Day commemorations as he did in 1944 – by parachute
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D-Day 70th anniversary in pictures
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A nation of looters: it even happened in the Blitz
Speed Read Calls for the ‘Blitz Spirit’ following the riots are misguided: looting was rife in London's darkest hour
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