Witness History: World War Two history

Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis dur... more

During World War Two, a Japanese American battalion became one of the most decorated army ... more

Irena Sendler was a Polish social worker who risked her life to save 2,500 Jewish children... more

Charles Norman Shay was a field medic in the United States Army when he landed on the Norm... more

In 1944, a young Irishwoman called Maureen Flavin drew up a weather report that helped cha... more

Between 1932 and 1945, hundreds of thousands of women and girls across Asia were forced in... more

The Mount Vesuvius eruption that buried Pompeii in 79AD is well known, but far fewer peopl... more

In August and September 1939, tens of thousands of children began to be evacuated from Par... more

In 1940 a daring rescue operation began to help Allied servicemen escape from Nazi-occupie... more

In 1937, Japan invaded China committing atrocities including the Nanjing Massacre. Wang Ji... more

In 1949, Mildred Gillars – otherwise known as Axis Sally – became the first woman in Ameri... more

In December 1939, fascist Norwegian politician Vidkun Quisling travelled to Berlin from Os... more

In the autumn of 1945, World War II surrender ceremonies took place across the Japanese Em... more