Some are well known, some forgotten, but all played a key role in World War Two.

Albert Jarrett was among some 10,000 West Indians who crossed the Atlantic to join the war effort.

Seventy-five years after Victory in Europe, what has changed and is a new world order forming?

It is a one-off holiday in the German capital, but some think it should be marked nationally each year.

We continue to look at how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting mobile apps; that big app crash caused by Facebook; new app releases from Facebook and Google; and Apple's plans to move WWDC online.

Hear about travel to some of the WWII sites in Western Europe  as the Amateur Traveler talks to Gary Arndt from everything-everywhere.com about the Liberation Route.

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Host Matt Egan is joined this week by Henry Burrell, staff writer at Macworld UK to talk about the EU referendum website crashing Lewis Painter, staff writer at PC Advisor, jumps in to chat about Oculus Rift games and how immersive they are. Finally regular David Price comes on to talk about Apple's upcoming WWDC software developer conference and what we can (and cannot) expect.  

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Host Matt Egan is joined by Online Editor at Techworld.com Scott Carey to break down Microsoft's mega acquisition of LinkedIn. Staff Writer at PC Advisor Chris joins in to discuss all of the news coming out of E3 and how Xbox and Playstation are set to battle it out again this summer, or will Nintendo and Zelda steal the show? (13:00). Finally, David Price comes on to talk about all of the news coming out of Apple's WWDC developer conference this week, from Hair Force One to watchOS, tvOS, macOS and iOS (26:30) And please do share, rate and review the UK Tech Weekly Podcast.  

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We're back this week to bring you all the hot news from E3 and some cooler takes on everything Apple announced at its WWDC developer conference a few weeks back.

To help us do that Macworld UK editor Karen Khan runs through all the iOS and macOS Mojave updates Apple users can look forward to later this year.

Then Tech Advisor staff writer Sean Bradley is on hand for a whistlestop tour of all of the big gaming announcements from E3 in LA so far, including Gears of War, Death Stranding and The Last Of Us 2.

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A new biography explores the remarkable feats of Virginia Hall, a disabled secret agent determined to play her part in the fight against the Nazis

In 2011, declassified CIA documents shed light on a covert government program dating back to WWII

Bombing ground targets from the air is tricky and not always accurate. But a new type of bomb creates an unimaginable level of destruction

On February 9, 1945, two submarines are poised to engage in a direct, underwater confrontation. It's the first - and only - underwater submarine dog fight

British Auxiliary Units were trained to sabotage the enemy in case of German invasion

In the days before his death, the New York man spoke often of his lost twin and the lessons humanity seemed not to have learned

Henry Ford spent the majority of the war as a pacifist. By 1917, however, his state-of-the-art assembly line was churning out vital engine parts to feed the war machine.

Tommy Parkinson, a 97-year-old British army veteran, talks about his wartime experiences, including the end of World War II.

Apple has refreshed the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard, the start of Apple's online WWDC has been announced, the iPad Pro Smart Keyboard gets a teardown, and your hosts provide a massive roundup of HomeKit and smart home devices.

BORIS Johnson has said Britain needs the "same spirit of national endeavour" to defeat the coronavirus as Second World War veterans demonstrated to topple Adolf Hitler.

Dover’s Veterans Day Parade – Saturday, Nov. 4th at 9:30 am – Downtown Dover (Loockerman St. to Federal St.) The City of Dover is hosting this year’s Veterans Day Parade along with the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs. Please join us Saturday morning on November 4th at 9:30am. For those who are interested in participating, please […]

The Delaware General Assembly, the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs and the Delaware Heritage Commission will unveil a new monument this weekend honoring Delawareans who served in World War I and those who supported them on the home front

The Delaware General Assembly, the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs and the Delaware Heritage Commission unveiled a new monument in honor of those Delawareans who served their state and the nation in World War I.

A one-of-the-kind Russian website has enabled anyone to pay vocal tribute to the 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat – by performing a beloved Russian Victory Day song with lyrics available in multiple languages.
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The 75th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany should serve as a reminder to all that the Holocaust was carried out using a tightly controlled, unchallenged narrative, filmmaker Werner Herzog told RT.
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