Now playing Next USA Last U.S. crew member of Hiroshima bomber dies Theodore “Dutch” Van Kirk, the last surviving member of the Enola Gay plane that dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6 30/07/2014
Now playing Next World D-Day: 'We are all 70' World leaders and veterans have gathered by the beaches of Normandy under clear blue skies to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two’s D-Day 06/06/2014
Now playing Next France D-Day: 89-year-old veteran repeats parachute jump into Normandy An octogenarian D-Day veteran rolled back the years by parachuting into the same drop zone in Normandy that he landed in 70 years ago as part of the 06/06/2014
Now playing Next France D-Day 70th anniversary as it happened Some 900 of the last surviving veterans of World War II have joined 20 world leaders in northern France to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day 05/06/2014
Now playing Next France In pictures: D-Day landscapes, now and then Black and white photos of the Normandy beaches have engraved the D-Day landings in the collective memory. Today, colour photos of the same beaches 04/06/2014
Now playing Next France The facts you may not know about D-Day Seventy one years ago, on June 6, 1944, thousands of men and women were preparing to take part in an operation that marked the start of the end of 03/06/2014
Now playing Next France A guide to the events and commemorations to mark 70 years after D-Day The 70th anniversary of D-Day will be marked with an impressive calendar of memorial events on and around the beaches of Normandy, the theatre of the 03/06/2014
Now playing Next Unreported Europe Veterans recall events of D-Day on Normandy beaches 70 years ago In the early morning of the of June 6, 1944, the first wave of allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy. Operation Overlord was 30/05/2014
Now playing Next France D-Day, now on Facebook, fear and courage Prepare to fight, perhaps to die. You, and your fellow soldiers. Take Omaha Beach. Those are your orders. An organisation commemorating the D-Day 29/05/2014
Now playing Next Germany Unfortunate photo sees Angela Merkel given apparent Hitler moustache German Chancellor Angela Merkel was left with what at first glance appeared to be a Hitler moustache, after a horrible gaffe during her visit to 26/02/2014
Now playing Next United Kingdom Brad Pitt director's apology amid Nazi uniform Remembrance Sunday fury A movie director has apologised after actors in Nazi uniforms were filmed in an English village on Remembrance Sunday. David Ayer, the man behind 12/11/2013
Now playing Next United Kingdom Man in full Nazi uniform upsets UK shoppers A man in a full Nazi uniform was thrown out of a UK supermarket after upsetting shoppers. Paul Dutton was pictured walking in the aisles of Asda in 01/11/2013
Now playing Next world news Americans' long trip to visit war dead hit by own government's shutdown THEY travelled thousands of miles to pay their respects, but their efforts could be in vain. Americans in France to visit a D-Day cemetery were 04/10/2013
Now playing Next USA August 6, 1945: the day the world changed forever Something changed forever on August 6, 1945 when, for the first time, the world witnessed the explosion of an atomic bomb. As that fateful day 01/08/2013
Now playing Next Germany Hitler's taster feared for her life with every bite Margot Woelk spent the last few years of World War Two eating lavish meals and fearing that every mouthful could mean death. The former food taster 03/07/2013
