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  1. Recognition after 70 years for shop worker who helped crack Nazi codes

    07 October: A Haddington woman is honoured posthumously by GCHQ for helping to intercept radio signals during the Second World War.

  2. Residents warned to stay indoors as Second World War grenades destroyed

    05 October: Stash of historic grenades discovered behind Wick Assembly Rooms have been destroyed.

  3. 70th anniversary of Second World War Arctic convoys remembered in the Highlands

    22 August: Community marks the anniversary of convoys with a ceremony at the weekend.

  4. Prince helps reunite WW2 veteran with medals after 70-year wait

    17 June: Patrick Hanlon, who fought with the RAF in Burma, is presented with the long-lost medals after a personal appeal to Prince Charles.

  5. Rudolf Hess: Why did the leading Nazi fly to Scotland?

    10 May: Feature: Seventy years on, many questions remain over the crash landing of Hitler’s deputy in Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire.

  6. Rudolf Hess: Why did the leading Nazi fly to Scotland?

    10 May: Feature: Seventy years on, many questions remain over the crash landing of Hitler’s deputy in Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire.

  7. Homes evacuated after Second World War bomb found in Airdrie

    05 April: Bomb disposal experts were called to Colliertree Road after the discovery of the device in a local park.

  8. New film marks 70th anniversary of Clydebank Blitz

    11 March: Local film-maker Iain McGuinness interviewed survivors who recalled living through the bombing as children.

  9. Holocaust mystery: why did Treblinka survivor kill himself in Scotland?

    11 March: Interview: STV meets author Mark Smith ahead of his appearance at Aye Write! to find out about the life of Hershl Sperling.

  10. Holocaust mystery: why did Treblinka survivor kill himself in Scotland?

    11 March: Interview: STV meets author Mark Smith ahead of his appearance at Aye Write! to find out about the life of Hershl Sperling.

  11. Mural mystery: Orkney WWII artist search

    25 February: Historians are investigating who painted a mural of rural England on the walls of an Orkney barracks during the Second World War.

  12. Veterans revisit wartime scenes

    17 January: Two Scots ex-servicemen in their eighties receive lottery funding to retrace their Second World War footsteps.

  13. Provost's tribute to Cockleshell Heroes

    15 November: Two commandos from Glasgow were killed in the daring 1942 raid on occupied France.

  14. Remembrance Day 2010 - the Second World War veteran

    09 November: Ahead of commemoration services this week, STV News tells the story of a soldier who served in the Second World War.

  15. Funeral of RAF hero held in Ayr

    01 November: James Marquis was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts during the Second World War.

About Second World War

The Second World War took place between 1939 and 1945. It touched nearly every corner of the globe and resulted in the deaths of at least 50 milion people. The war was fought between the Allied powers of Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States, and the Axis powers of Germany, Italy and Japan.

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