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English writer Virginia Woolf committed suicide on 28 March 1941. She struggled with depression and was deeply affected by the Second World War.‘I cannot go on’Woolf left a touching note for her husband, saying ‘I owe all my happiness to you, but cannot go on and spoil your life’.Read the full transcript of her letter, as printed in the Gloucestershire Echo:View the whole newspaper pageGloucestershire Echo – Saturday 19 April 1941Image © Local World Limited. Image created courtesy of THE…

On 16–17 May 1943, an attack on the Mohne and Edersee Dams was carried out by 617 Squadron, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson.The attack famously used the ‘bouncing bombs’ that had been invented by Barnes Wallis.Included below is a newspaper report of the attack and also some photographs, which were published just two days afer the attack on the dams.…