Second world war

Bruce Copp obituary

Other Lives: Restaurateur in theatreland who ran the Establishment club in 1960s Soho

Andrew Merriman

20, Jan, 2021 @3:53 PM

Persian Lessons review – hard-to-believe Holocaust survival drama

Claiming to be inspired by true events, the story of a young Jewish man who stays alive by pretending to be half-Iranian strains credibility

Cath Clarke

19, Jan, 2021 @2:00 PM

Life of Indian princess who fought Nazis to be told in TV series

Spy Princess is based on Noor Inayat Khan, killed in France while working as a British spy in second world war

Dalya Alberge

14, Jan, 2021 @9:00 PM

RAF 'Spitfire woman' Eleanor Wadsworth dies aged 103

Nottingham-born second world war pilot operated out of White Waltham in Berkshire

Lanre Bakare

10, Jan, 2021 @5:58 PM

Sir Brian Urquhart obituary

Diplomat who was a key player in establishing the UN’s peacekeeping role

Hella Pick

04, Jan, 2021 @4:50 PM

Johanna Higgins obituary

Other Lives: Teacher who endured early tragedy and poverty in Germany before settling in the UK

Monica Burke

04, Jan, 2021 @11:55 AM

The potential post-traumatic legacy of the Covid pandemic | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to the prospect of coronavirus posing the greatest threat to mental health since the second world war

Letters

30, Dec, 2020 @5:54 PM

What mental health impact of second world war tells us about post-Covid life

‘Blitz spirit’ may have brushed over issues and pandemic comes with other problems, experts say

Alexandra Topping

27, Dec, 2020 @6:00 PM

Shirley Allen obituary

Other lives: Eighth army veteran who gave talks to schoolchildren about his wartime experiences

Chris Allen

22, Dec, 2020 @6:10 PM

Country diary: a hint of Britain's military past in this old wood

Old Sulehay, Northamptonshire: Partially concealed concrete floors and bricks are scattered among the autumn leaves

Matt Shardlow

22, Dec, 2020 @5:30 AM

Court fines historian over claims of Holocaust survivor's lesbian affair

Dr Anna Hájková fined €4,000 amid legal battle brought by daughter of ex-concentration camp prisoner

David Batty

21, Dec, 2020 @12:03 PM

My father’s journey from soldier to spy | Letter

Letter: Dr Mike Davis responds to a reader who asked why knowledge of German would attract the attention of secret intelligence