World War II

Remembrance Sunday is held this weekend.

As we mark Remembrance Sunday, have we forgotten the lessons of war? Rachel Amery

Charlie Horne, one of Scotland's last surviving D-Day veterans who has died aged 100

One of Scotland's last surviving D-Day veterans has died aged 100

Wreaths of poppies are laid during a service of dedication for the Garden of Remembrance at the Scott Monument in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens last month. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell

Poppies do not glorify war yet every year brings more controversy Stephen Jardine

Operation Chariot whisky

Scran season 10: Comedian Al Murray on his WW2 inspired whisky

Comedian and podcast Al Murray

Comedian Al Murray on his WW2 inspired whisky - and his love of Scotch

The legendary de Havilland Mosquito, nicknamed the 'Wooden Wonder', is the subject of a £229.99 limited-edition Corgi model supporting a project to return a British-built example to the skies.

Corgi unveils £230 limited-edition WWII Mosquito model

Members of the Vita crew Ingvald Johansen, Åge Sandvik, and 'Tromso' Hermansen at Lunna in 1941. Picture: Scalloway Museum

Daring exploits of WWII Shetland Bus crossings celebrated in new film

James Stagg has been immortalised in 'Pressure'.

Who Was James Stagg? Scottish meteorologist featured in film Pressure

Winston Churchill makes a victory sign outside 10 Downing Street in June 1943 as the Second World War raged (Picture: Daily Express/Hulton Archive)

With far-right on the rise, we should remember Churchill's wise words Martin Roche

Scottish missionary teacher Jane Haining, pictured in happy times at Lake Balaton, Hungary, was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz-Birkenau because she refused to leave the Jewish children in her charge

Jane Haining's bravery in face of Nazi evil is eternal reminder to all Scotsman comment

Firefighters damp down ruined buildings in Duff Street, Edinburgh, after German bombers caused a massive fire in 1940

Edinburgh responded quicker to Nazi bombs than the Princes Street fire Tom Wood

Female Republican soldiers take part in shooting practice during the Spanish Civil War

'No pasaran' became a Scottish battle cry as Fife feared Nazi invasion Scotsman comment

Veterans Ken Hay, right, and Henry Rice on Sword Beach after the Spirit of Normandy Trust service in Coleville-Montgomery, France, ahead of the 82nd anniversary of D-Day on Saturday (Picture: Gareth Fuller)

A WWII veteran's answer to the question 'How do you stop wars?' Scotsman comment

Lieutenant Henry Sutton of the Royal Regiment of Scotland lays a wreath at the newly identified grave of Corporal Gilbert Nay Hamilton in Catania war cemetery (Picture: Ministry of Defence)

We must never forget the sacrifices made by the WWII generation Scotsman comment

Winston Churchill waves to crowds gathered in Whitehall, London, on VE Day, May 8, 1945. (Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive)

Young generation must not forget our WWII heroes and why they fought Scotsman comment

Katharine Stewart-Murray (1874 - 1960), Duchess of Atholl, at her desk after her appointment as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education in November 1924 (Picture: MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive)

Scotland’s first female MP, the ‘Red Duchess’, must not be forgotten Amy Gray

Al Carns (photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Scots-born MP who served in Afghanistan blasts Trump on Nato claims

Everyone needs to visit Malta at least once. The Barcelo Fortina Malta hotel.

Why Malta needs to be on your 2026 bucket list

In 1979, UNESCO designated Auschwitz-Birkenau as a World Heritage Site, recognizing its universal significance as a place of memory and education.

Ad Feature Making the sobering trip from Edinburgh to Auschwitz

Police across the UK were on the lookout for German spies during the Second World War (Picture: Reg Speller/Fox Photos)

How Scots law dealt with wartimes spies caught in Scotland Lord Mulholland and Jennifer Findlay

Poppies are not about glorifying war but remembering the sacrifices made for all our sakes (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Wearing a poppy is not a political act, but a human one Stephen Jardine

Burghead and Cummingston Community Council chairman Albert Main, left, is among the large group of locals hoping to relocate the memorials as soon as possible.

Residents fear war memorials 'inside a Scotmid' after church sold

Second World War veteran Dorothea Barron, 100, places a brick at a new housing development at the site of the former Port Edgar barracks in South Queenferry (Picture: Jane Barlow)

How Scotland's historic World War bases can help tackle housing crisis Christine Jardine

A Russian missile launcher drives past a massive 'Z-swastika' in St George's colours, used by Vladimir Putin as a symbol of his invasion of Ukraine, during a Victory Day parade rehearsal in Moscow (Picture: Kirill Kudryavtzev)

Russia putting symbols of its war on Ukraine on Scottish war memorials Tomasz Kamusella

Roadblocks were set up across the UK during the Second World War (Picture: Chris Ware/Keystone)

The shot that killed one of Edinburgh's finest police officers in 1940 Tom Wood

Jim Stott with his authentic 1940s police car at VE80 festival in Witton Park, Blackburn.

I restored an 88 year old police car that was dumped in a scrapyard

Members of the Royal Marines land on Juno beach, Normandy, on D-Day, June 6, 1944 (Picture: Hulton Archive)

D-Day: Why today's young generation will be just as brave if war comes Lt Col Stuart Crawford

Land craft, barrage balloons and ships at Omaha beach shortly after the invasion in June 1944 (Picture: Three Lions)

Why we should always be inspired by the heroes of D-Day Scotsman comment

The Forth Bridge and Royal Navy ships in the Firth were targets for German bombers during the Second World War (Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive)

Why we should remember Scotland's first civilian casualties of WWII Tom Wood

During the Second World War, Stephen Jardine's father witnessed Japanese Kamikaze pilots crashing into Allied ships, killing thousands of people (Picture: Keystone)

Why those who wish we'd stop remembering the war are plain wrong Stephen Jardine

The 1945 Yalta deal between Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin left Polish people fighting for the Allies feeling betrayed (Picture: STF)

Why Ukraine faces similar fate to 'betrayed' Poland in 1945 Professor Wendy Webster

In Pictures: VE Day 80

Women dressed in the flags of the USA, France, the UK and Soviet Union celebrate on VE Day in Paris (Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive)

The Scotsman's editorial from VE Day on May 8, 1945 Scotsman comment

Donald Trump, pictured with Vladimir Putin in 2017, has been pressuring Ukraine to give up territory seized by Russian forces (Picture: Mikhail Klimentyev)

VE Day offers reminder of where Trump's appeasement of Putin may lead Scotsman comment

Why this VE Day story may be the happiest of all Scotsman comment

Bill de Ropp questions a Nazi printer in Austria in 1938 as Alfred Rosenberg, left, and two SS officers look on

1938 MI6 warning about UK's defences is as relevant now as it was then Tim Willasey-Wilsey

The Churchill Barriers were built to protect the British fleet during World War II, but have long served as a lifeline link for island communities. Picture: Orkney.com

VE Day: The vital role and heavy losses bore by Orkney in World War II

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's recent remarks about immigration were chilling, says Christine Jardine (Picture: Hugh Hastings)

How Farage made my blood run cold and made me think of WWII generation Christine Jardine

A survivor at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp shortly after it was liberated by British troops on April 15, 1945 (Picture: Galerie Bilderwelt)

Warning from history about identity politics and retreat of democracy Scotsman comment

Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter, who was killed in April 1945, and his nephew, John Swinney, First Minister of Scotland

Sacrifice made by Swinney's heroic uncle is reminder of horrors of war Scotsman comment

A factory worker at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1942 (Picture: Howard R Hollem)

Why solutions to three huge, interlinked crises may be found in WW2 Professor Iain Black

Members of the SAS pictured in the North African desert in January 1943 (Picture: Major Geoffrey Keating, No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit/Hulton Archive)

'Immoral' TV portrayal of SAS hero plays well with sinister audience
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A commemorative flight of a Lancaster bomber, carrying members of the original Dambusters squadron from Biggin Hill to Lincolnshire, in 1967 (Picture: Hulton Archive)

How cost of courageous Dambusters raid outweighed its achievement Tim Luckhurst

Sir Winston Churchill

Why Churchill belongs in the pantheon of Scottish political giants Alastair GJ Stewart

Members of the public fill The Mall before a flypast during the Queen's Birthday Parade, the Trooping the Colour, as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in London in June 2022 (Photo: DANIEL LEAL/POOL/AFP/AFP via Getty Images)

UK to get extra bank holiday in 2025 to mark major historic event

British soldiers pictured in a narrow trench on October 28, 1914 (Picture: Hulton Archive)

Remembering members of legal profession who fought in WWI and WWI Lord Mulholland and Jennifer Findlay

WW2 bomb explodes on airport taxiway.

Watch: Buried WW2 bomb explodes on airport taxiway

Kate Winslet takes on the role of renowned WWII photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller in the biopic "Lee," our in UK cinemas from this week.

Explainer Who was Lee Miller, the focus of Kate Winslet’s new biopic, “Lee?”

Second World War-era Avro Lancaster Bomber flies over lake.

Watch: Second World War-era Avro Lancaster Bomber flies over lake

Jewish civilians are held at gunpoint by German SS troops after being forced out of a bunker where they were sheltering during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 (Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Story of doctor who went willingly to Nazi death camp as vital as ever Joe Goldblatt

Victoria Cross winners Flt Lt John Cruickshank (left), now of Aberdeen, and the late Canadian airman Flt Lt David Hornell . The 80th anniversary of their honour will be commemorated this week in skies over Scotland. PIC: Contributed.

Fly-by to mark 80th year since Scot's heroic mission in 'flying boat'

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The Zone of Interest will arrive on streaming, DVD and BluRay in 2024.

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Gina Carano is filing a lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm following her sacking from popular TV series The Mandalorian. Cr. Getty Images.

Gina Carano to sue Disney after sacking as Elon Musk gets involved

One Life will tell the remarkable tale of Sir Nicholas Winton.

One Life: Who was Nicholas Winton, what did he do?

World War 2 bunker and staple of Winston Churchill’s ‘chain home’ radar given stunning holiday-home makeover

World War II bunker transformed into coastal holiday home

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