The family of Donnie MacRae, who died aged 33 in a prisoner-of-war camp hospital, want his remains reunited with his body.

The new US president is delivering a virtual address, one of the first major speeches of his presidency, at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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Some historians have seen the Second World War as the period when Britishness was at its height. This is true but it was not ...

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As a teenager growing up in the Netherlands, the Oscar-winning actress bravely carried messages for the Dutch resistance ...

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A team of archaeologists has excavated the site of a World War One training camp in Bexhill. Cooden Camp was used as a base ...

A teenager's account of the difficulties of post-war life has been found hidden in a door panel that was saved from the tip.

Long known as one of Africa's great beach destinations, a new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that ...

"Three or four vehicles behind me was a medical officer and his driver and they were captured. I just got out by the skin of ...

Rookie wartime MI5 "watchers" were advised they needed to be prepared to offer a big tip if they had to tell a taxi driver to ...