Secret sacrifice: the agents who risked all behind Nazi lines
The men and women of the Special Operations Executive who lost their lives in occupied Europe are winning recognition on TV, in books and commemorative events
Britain's pride in its past is not matched by any vision for its future
Timothy Garton Ash
There have been times over the last few weeks when it has felt as if we were living through a looped replay of Dad’s Army, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
Thousands attend Belarus military parade despite pandemic – video
Thousands of people, including elderly veterans of the second world war, turned out for Belarus’s Victory Day military parade despite the coronavirus epidemic
Thousands turn out for VE Day parade in Belarus despite Covid-19 concerns
Country’s leader Alexander Lukashenko boasts of holding only parade in former Soviet Union
Britain was led by Churchill then – it’s led by a Churchill tribute act now
Jonathan Freedland
With coronavirus lockdown subduing VE Day, contrasts with 75 years ago were many and varied | Jonathan Freedland
