Pat Owtram, who had learnt German from refugees taken in by her family, spent the Second World War using those skills to ...

NEARLY half of Brits do not know when VE Day happened – and one in 10 don’t even know what it stands for. With the country ...

Europe is preparing to mark 80 years since VE Day… which marked the surrender of the Nazi regime and the end of World War II ...

LONDON — Pat Owtram didn't need to go to war. It came to her. As the Nazis took control of Germany and Austria, her father hired Jewish refugees to cook and clean at the family home in ...

As the 80th anniversary of VE Day approaches, a study reveals a surprising gap in knowledge about this pivotal moment in ...

Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT Pat Owtram was just 18 when she joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service (Wrens) and went on to become a wartime codebreaker. She vividly recalls the profound ...