World War Two was started by Germany in an unprovoked attack on Poland on September 1, 1939. Two days later Britain and France declared war on Germany after Adolf Hitler refused to abort his ...

The Reading Chronicle has covered many important historical events ... Mothers and children were evacuated to the countryside during the Second World War as it was expected that air raids were more ...

Five years of Covid and rising demand for mental health care. As we approach the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, I considered the comparisons having lived through both.

But during the Second World War she was relentlessly dedicated to bringing her adopted country moments of brightness during dark times - often literally, as she regularly performed in air-raid ...