Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe.
Historian Alex von Tunzelmann shines a light on extraordinary people from across history.
D-Day: The Tide Turns follows the real people involved in the Normandy Landings.
Before a plane could save a country, the people had to build it
What the end of the Second World War meant to people in Britain and across the world.
The story of D-Day, using rediscovered testimonies of those who were there, on all sides.
The story of an extraordinary secret archive recording daily life in the Warsaw Ghetto.
The scenes of celebration in London on VE Day 1945
Marking the 80 years of liberation after German occupation during World War Two.
Letters from the time of VE Day are read out by relatives of the authors.
Amid the devastation of WW2, how do Europe's citizens look forward with optimism?
On May 8 1945, Winston Churchill announced the end of the war in Europe.
Live from Beverley in East Yorkshire, Vern presents a very special show marking VE Day 80.
In Germany, the end of World War Two in 1945 was a time of chaos, fear and soul-searching
In April 1944, a German fleet sank two allied ships. Around 749 US servicemen died.
Hitler invades Russia, and Stalin's legacy is bound up with a bloody fight to the death.
Eyewitness accounts of the fall of Nazi Germany and the end of World War Two in Europe.
One of history's most recognisable names, what is the real Winston Churchill story?
Events across England remember the South Asian soldiers who lost their lives in WW2.
Listeners also tell Stephen of their memories of World War II.
They climbed the lamp posts and had bonfires on the beach.
How should we remember World War Two?
Timur Vermes on how the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ used humour battling with Hitler during the Second World War.
A soldier's remarkable war story, recorded on cassette, is shared for the first time.
Eighty years ago a daring raid destroyed dams in Germany's Ruhr Valley