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The Red Cross in the Second World War: our wartime contributions

Find out about our work during the war.

Find out more about our work during WWII

D-Day: How the Red Cross helped in WWII

The Red Cross at every stage of D-Day, planning supply chains, caring for wounded soldiers and more.

Changi quilt

The Changi quilt might look like an innocent crafts project - but its patchwork squares tell a different story.

Doris Zinkeisen: frontline artist

The first artist to enter Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after it was liberated, Doris Zinkeisen painted a powerful record of the camp's horrors.

D-Day in colour: from the beaches of Normandy to safety in England

The Red Cross was there on D-Day and beyond, from caring for wounded soldiers to keeping up the troops' morale.