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Helmuth Hübener with best friends Rudi Wobbe (left) and Karl-Heinz Schnibbe. The trio distributed anti-Nazi leaflets across Hamburg

The heroic final words of the Mormon boy beheaded by the Nazis for brave defiance – and how even the Gestapo protested 17-year-old’s sentence

It was a sentence so barbaric that even members of the Gestapo…
Last hero of Dunkirk dies aged 105: WWII sailor helped rescue troops from French beaches while his ship was bombed by Nazi planes during 'miracle of deliverance' 85 years ago

Last hero of Dunkirk dies aged 105: WWII sailor helped rescue troops from French beaches while his ship was bombed by Nazi planes during ‘miracle of deliverance’ 85 years ago

The evacuation from Dunkirk was one of the biggest operations of the…
Princess Catherine of Wales made a sentimental tribute to her mother-in-law and donned a pair of earrings that once belonged Diana, Princess of Wales at today’s VE Day service

A soft smile and a poignant tribute to her mother-in-law, days after Harry’s bombshell interview, Kate is a picture of elegance for VE Day

The Princess of Wales made a heartfelt tribute to her mother-in-law as…
Trump declares May 8 as ‘Victory Day’ for World War II: ‘Going to start celebrating our victories again!’

Trump declares May 8 as ‘Victory Day’ for World War II: ‘Going to start celebrating our victories again!’

President Donald Trump late Thursday announced plans to designate May 8 as World…
What the first British soldier to enter Adolf Hitler's bunker after his suicide 80 years ago saw... and how he was allowed to take a memento

What the first British soldier to enter Adolf Hitler’s bunker after his suicide 80 years ago saw… and how he was allowed to take a memento

It was a ‘horrible, grim place which smelt terribly’, said the first…
Testimony detailing the horrifying experiments the Nazis carried out on prisoners at Sachsenhausen concentration camp prisoners been revealed 80 years on

Horrifying secrets of Nazi concentration camp’s human experiments including hurling grenades into a packed room are revealed in trove of Soviet documents

By HARRY HOWARD, HISTORY EDITOR Published: 08:15 EDT, 28 April 2025 |…
Dutch honor American war dead by ‘adopting’ their graves

Dutch honor American war dead by ‘adopting’ their graves

In the fall of 1945, a Dutch teenager named Frieda van Schaik…
The island of Hanian, off China's south coast

The horrific torture islands that every Australian needs to know about

For many, the words ‘Changi’ and ‘Thai-Burma Railway’ are enough to conjure…
Tate Gallery to return art Nazis stole from Belgian art collector during WWII

Tate Gallery to return art Nazis stole from Belgian art collector during WWII

A centuries-old painting that graced the walls of London’s Tate Gallery for…
Daniel Penny receives prestigious award from Marine Corps League at Iwo Jima event

Daniel Penny receives prestigious award from Marine Corps League at Iwo Jima event

Daniel Penny was honored Wednesday by the Marine Corps League at an…