Two divers who dealt with a huge World War Two bomb unearthed in a Plymouth garden have been honoured with bravery awards by King Charles III. Petty Officer (PO) Craig Maddock and PO Paul Cartwright from Plymouth-based Bravo Diving Unit One neutralised a 500kg (1,100 lbs) bomb found at a property on St Michael Avenue...
A suspected World War Two bomb has been found at a Plymouth recycling centre, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police were called to Chelson Meadow Waste Reception Centre at about 14:30 BST on Friday after the item was discovered. Officers said said the Royal Navy ordnance disposal team had been called to assess the...
The German city of Cologne is evacuating some 20,500 people from a large area in the city centre so experts can defuse three unexploded bombs from World War Two. The American bombs were discovered on Monday in a shipyard in the Deutz neighbourhood. Unexploded bombs can still pose a danger and the city has sealed...
Mallory Moench & Rachel Hagan BBC News Watch: Royals, veterans and politicians attend VE Day thanksgiving service Royals, politicians and veterans have commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe – on what could be the last major VE Day attended by veterans. The King and the Prince of Wales...
BBC The RNLI has reflected on the role it played during the war as the country marks 80 years since Victory in Europe, or VE Day The last lifeboat launch of World War Two in the UK happened in Devon, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has said. The RNLI has reflected on the role...
Chris George Barry Yeagers was 12 years old when he and his family were evacuated from Guernsey When Barry Yeagers turned 12 years old, he never expected to leave Guernsey for any reason, let alone the start of World War Two. But when it became clear Nazi Germany forces had their sights set on the...
Steve Rosenberg BBC Russia editor BBC Eighty miles from Moscow, a park echoes to the sound of explosions and gunfire. As plumes of thick grey smoke rise into the air, the Red Army storms across a bridge and battles for control of a tiny island. More Soviet soldiers are arriving by boat from across a...
Kevin Hay & Caroline Robinson BBC News, South West BBC Nora Hoskin was evacuated to Lanner near Redruth World War Two evacuees have told BBC South West about their experiences ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. Nora Hoskin, 94, said she had vivid memories of the day she...
A World War Two Spitfire has been forced to make an emergency landing in Kent after losing power. Spitfire MJ627 came down in a field on Lower Wall Road, West Hythe, on Saturday evening, said its owner Fly a Spitfire. Kent Fire & Rescue Service said one of the two people in the plane, which...
Kevin Jackson BBC Scotland News Reporting fromBergen, Norway The Scalloway Museum Some of the ‘Shetland Gang’ crew pictured at the pier in Scalloway in 1944 It sounds like it could be the plot of a spy novel, but the ‘Shetland Bus’ was a real undercover operation carried out to help the resistance in Nazi-occupied Norway...
A documentary directed by Sam Mendes, this is the story of Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Lawrie Read full article at source...