Prof Nick Megoran says the picnic on Aka island is as remarkable as the 1914 Christmas Day truce.
Gloucester Cathedral will be transformed into an immersive light and sound show in October.
A charity wants to install Ray Lonsdale's statue of Sunderland war hero Len Gibson in South Shields.
It is up to us to remember the uncle who never returned from war, say his nieces and nephews.
The display was based at the International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) in Lincoln.
Alfonso Garizio survived three years as a prisoner of war in East Asia but rarely spoke about it.
"Peace Through our Eyes" is a collection of art and messages by Ukrainian children in Milton Keynes.
The International Bomber Command Centre is to research those who served with Tiger Force.
Judy Arliss' father was killed in 1944 when his ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.
