Unravelling the story of an unmarked wartime grave
How research established the identity of a body washed up on the South Ayrshire coast in 1940.
1970-01-01 08:00
Germany prosecutes ex-Nazi camp guard aged 98
A man is accused of complicity in the murder of thousands of Sachsenhausen concentration camp inmates.
1970-01-01 08:00
Kidderminster war veteran remembered after death, aged 100
Lt Edmund Szymczak, who was shot three times in World War Two, went on to help Polish people in the UK.
1970-01-01 08:00
Bavarian deputy leader Aiwanger under pressure for old anti-Semitic flyer
The deputy premier of the German state, Hubert Aiwanger, is under pressure over a 1980s leaflet.
1970-01-01 08:00
Evidence found of German mass execution by French Resistance after D-Day
Casings and coins at a site in central France suggest prisoners were shot by the French Resistance after D-Day.
1970-01-01 08:00
Ruins found of Munich synagogue destroyed by Hitler
Columns and a stone tablet showing the Ten Commandments are discovered at a weir in the River Isar.
1970-01-01 08:00
Statue unveiled in honour of Polish World War Two hero in Newark
General Wladyslaw Sikorski was buried in Newark before his body was returned to Poland in 1993.
1970-01-01 08:00
Six Triple Eight: The battalion of black women erased from history
The members of the 6888th battalion are beginning to get recognition almost 80 years on.
1970-01-01 08:00
Léon Gautier: Last French D-Day fighter dies aged 100
Léon Gautier is being remembered as a "defender of freedom" for his role opposing Nazi Germany.
1970-01-01 08:00
Ukraine finds British WW2 Hurricane planes outside Kyiv
London sent the Hawker Hurricanes to the Soviet Union to help them fight against Nazi Germany.
1970-01-01 08:00
Malaysia detains Chinese ship suspected of looting British WW2 wrecks
Malaysia says it has detained a Chinese vessel suspected of raiding two British maritime war graves.
1970-01-01 08:00
Hundreds to attend funeral of RAF WW2 airman Flt Sgt Peter Brown
Flt Sgt Peter Brown's funeral will take place in Westminster after a campaign for a "fitting send-off".
1970-01-01 08:00