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7 days ago

Ukraine war briefing: Deaths in Kharkiv as Russia continues strikes on civilian targets

Latest prisoner exchange includes Mariupol defenders; European Commission unveils 18th round of sanctions. What we know on day 1,204

At least two people were killed and 28 injured in an overnight Russ…

15 days ago

Hitler's last soldier... in the US: How German tank commander evaded FBI for 40 years by building new life as all-American ski instructor after escaping PoW camp at end of WWII

To his friends, his wife and even local newspapers, Dennis Whiles was everything he claimed to be. He was a dashing ski instructor and tennis pro, living it up in California and Hawaii.

16 days ago

Second round of Ukraine-Russia talks end with PoW deal but no ceasefire

Delegations in Istanbul agree swap of at least 1,000 prisoners, and Ukraine says Russia agreed to return some abducted children

Negotiations between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul ended…

41 days ago

64 days ago

‘We were all in it together’: Jacob Elordi on his wartime epic The Narrow Road to the Deep North

The Saltburn and Priscilla star talks about his first Australian lead role and the physical costs of playing a PoW on the Burma-Thailand railway

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The WWII prisoner who became a panto dame... and then hated it: Photos show British PoW performing in drag at German camp - but he feared becoming 'typecast' and threatened to go on strike

Captain John Dixon was captured at Dunkirk and spent the whole of the Second World War in a PoW camp in Germany. Stage productions were regularly put on by the men to keep up morale.

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