D Day, traitors and evacuees
De Gaulle, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and the birth of the French Resistance.
A Frenchwoman remembers life under Nazi occupation during the Second World War.
When Italy joined WW2 in June 1940, British-Italian men were rounded up and interned
An RAF pilot remembers his part in winning the Battle of Britain in 1940.
A Battle of Britain pilot reflects on being shot down and almost drowning in the sea
How severely burnt Second World War airmen learnt to overcome their terrible injuries.
It's 70 years since the beginning of the Blitz - the bombing of British towns and cities.
It is 70 years since the German bombing of Coventry destroyed much of the city.
It is 70 years since 173 people were crushed to death at an air-raid shelter in London
During WWII British children were sent away from the cities to escape German bombs
Mountaineers risked their lives to camouflage landmarks in the Russian city during WW2.
Throughout World War II, Myra Hess organised concerts in London's National Gallery.
How a British psychiatrist examined the deputy Nazi leader after his flight to Scotland.
During WWII Britain set up a secret organisation to wage war in Nazi occupied Europe
In February 1941, a ship carrying nearly 30,000 cases of whisky was wrecked in Scotland.
How sex, jazz and 'fake news' were used to undermine the Nazis in World War Two
Thousands of women and girls worked on farms throughout WW2 to produce much needed food.
Allied ships battled arctic storms, bombers and U-boats to ferry supplies to Russia in WW2
In March 1941 the Nazi authorities in Krakow moved the city's Jews into a ghetto
On 29 September 1941, the organised massacre of Ukrainian Jews began.
During World War II, Allied bombing raids brought death and destruction to German cities.
Yelena Malyutina was a Soviet female bomber pilot who fought in WW2.
The Japanese attack on American ships in Pearl Harbour forced the US into World War II.
How one US Navy mechanic made it through the surprise Japanese attack on his Pacific base