world war ii

Hiroshima Commemorates 70th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing

Hiroshima is commemorating the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft. A ceremony, attended…

9 years ago

Greece threatens Germany over Nazi occupation debt

Greece has threatened to seize German property as compensation for a Nazi atrocity in World War II. Justice Minister Nikos…

10 years ago

Hiroo Onoda: WWII Japanese soldier who hid in jungle dies at 91

Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese soldier who refused to surrender after WWII ended and spent 29 years in the jungle, has…

11 years ago

North Korea deports Merrill Newman

North Korea has decided to deport US citizen Merrill Newman, who had been detained in the country since October. State…

11 years ago

Joachim Gauck becomes first German senior dignitary to visit Oradour-sur-Glane

President Joachim Gauck has become the first German senior dignitary to visit Oradour-sur-Glane in France, where 642 people were killed…

11 years ago

Laszlo Csatary: Hungarian Nazi war crimes suspect dies at 98

Hungarian Nazi war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary has died at the age of 98 while awaiting trial, his lawyer said.…

11 years ago

Berlin begins reconstruction of King Frederick the Great’s palace

Berlin has begun the reconstruction of what was once one of the world's grandest buildings, King Frederick the Great's palace.…

11 years ago

Memorial Day parade canceled in Beverly for first time in 152 years

The city of Beverly, a suburb of Boston, called off its Memorial Day parade this year because so few veterans…

11 years ago

Battle of Stalingrad 70th anniversary celebrated in Russia

President Vladimir Putin will lead Russia tributes to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Stalingrad.…

12 years ago

Schiphol airport closed after suspected WWII bomb was discovered

Certain areas of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport have been closed after a suspected World War II bomb was discovered, a spokeswoman…

12 years ago

WWII US plane crew remains found in St Lawrence River

US divers have found what appear to be remains of a crew of an Army amphibious plane that went down…

12 years ago

Ed Kennedy, scoop reporter who broke the news of WW II end, receives Associated Press apology

The Associated Press has apologized for sacking Ed Kennedy, a war reporter who broke the news that World War II…

13 years ago

Adolf Hitler profile uncovered in WWII British intelligence report

A newly unveiled report written for wartime British intelligence says Adolf Hitler developed a "messiah complex" towards the end of…

13 years ago

100 years in 10 minutes. A century of world history from 1911 to 2011.

A YouTube video presents 100 years of world events from 1911 to 2011 into a 10-minute clip using authentic footage.…

13 years ago