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1. www.bbc.com › news › articlesD-Day: ‘I often wonder why I lived while others died’ - BBC

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   Jun 4, 2024 · For the past two years, the BBC has been gathering the memories of people who served in World War Two. Many who have shared their experiences were involved in the pivotal D-Day operation of...

2. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-63504826Capturing war-time memories, before it is too late - BBC News

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   Nov 10, 2022 · With every passing year, fewer of the men and women who helped defeat Nazi Germany and liberate Europe remain alive to share their stories. Before Remembrance Sunday - when the service and ...

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3. www.nationalgeographic.com › magazine › articleWhy we’re sharing stories brought home from World War II

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   May 7, 2020 · To mark the 75th anniversary of the war’s end, people who lived through it—a dwindling population—recount their experiences and memories.

4. wartimememoriesproject.com › ww2 › indexThe Second World War 1939 - 1945 - The Wartime Memories Project

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   The Great War and World War Two were perhaps the most traumatic times in recent history. The fighting and hardships affecting the whole of Europe, the Pacific and having a knock on effect through out the world. This project aims to collect and preserve the memories of people who have lived through the war.

5. theconversation.com › they-died-with-stones-in‘They died with stones in their mouths’: Hiroshima’s last ...

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   Jan 2, 2019 · The bomb, dropped by the US on August 6 1945, made orphans of around 2,000 children, mostly from central Hiroshima, who survived because they had been evacuated to the countryside. When they...

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6. www.bbc.co.uk › news › topicsWorld War Two: We were there - BBC

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   Nov 9, 2022 · D-Day: ‘I often wonder why I lived while others died’ On the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, surviving veterans share their memories. Eighty years since D-Day

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   What happened during the Great War & World War 2?

   • The Great War and World War Two were perhaps the most traumatic times in recent history. The fighting and hardships affecting the whole of Europe, the Pacific and having a knock on effect through out the world. This project aims to collect and preserve the memories of people who have lived through the war.

   The Second World War 1939 - 1945 - The Wartime Memories Project

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   Who were the last surviving members of WW2?

   • Neil is one of the last surviving members of the generation whose youth was defined by World War Two. Another, Christian Lamb, 102, from London, was in France when war broke out. "I'd gone there to improve my French," she says. "I got a telegram from my father, saying, 'War declared. Return home.'"

   Capturing war-time memories, before it is too late - BBC News

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   Can surviving WW2 veterans be preserved for future generations?

   • Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in 2025, the BBC is trying to gather as many first-hand accounts from surviving veterans as possible, to preserve them for future generations.

   Capturing war-time memories, before it is too late - BBC News

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   When did World War 2 end?

   • But the memories—and the lessons of war—endure. A mushroom cloud billows above the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, after the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare. Three days later a second atomic bomb destroyed the city of Nagasaki. Japan surrendered on August 15, bringing World War II to an end.

   For Hiroshima's survivors, memories of the bomb are impossible to forget

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   What can we learn from WW2 survivors?

   • Firsthand accounts of people who lived through World War II matter, now more than ever. After three-quarters of a century, at a time when some would deny that certain wartime events even took place, these survivors have important lessons to teach us—about the past, yes, but also about how to survive our present-day scourge.

   Why we’re sharing stories brought home from World War II

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   What happened to Hiroshima after World War II?

   • Nearly 75 years after the devastating bombing that helped end World War II, the city has moved on. But the memories—and the lessons of war—endure. A mushroom cloud billows above the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, after the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare.

   For Hiroshima's survivors, memories of the bomb are impossible to forget

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8. www.nationalgeographic.com › magazine › articleFor Hiroshima’s survivors, memories of the bomb are ...

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   May 18, 2020 · Nine days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, after his mother and year-old brother died and his home was incinerated, seven-year-old Masaaki Tanabe watched his father slip...