Hiroshima

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been a non-stop hype machine since its earliest days. When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957 American leaders panicked. If the Commies could launch a beeper the size of a basketball into orbit then thermonuclear weapons the size of a greyhound…

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been a non-stop hype machine since its earliest days. When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957 American leaders panicked. If the Commies could launch a beeper the size of a basketball into orbit then thermonuclear weapons the size of a greyhound…

The United Kingdom is considering a proposal to build the world’s largest solar power farm in the Kent countryside, yet local campaigners have warned that the project poses risks to the surrounding areas, claiming that if a fire should occur at the site the result could be an equivalent to…

Skip to comments. US Deploys B-1Bs, Warships In South China Sea As China Nationalists Call For Invasion Of Taiwan USSA News ^ | 5-11-2020 Posted on 05/10/2020 7:31:53 PM PDT by blam While the global economy remains in a state of near ubiquitous lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the…

Russia and Ukraine commemorate the end of the war in very different ways. While Moscow has continued to politicize the historic event, Kyiv has shifted toward an increasingly Western approach. Seventy-five years ago, Russian, Ukrainian and other Soviet Red Army soldiers took Berlin. Still, there has not been a common…

On May 8, 1945 — 75 years ago — the Allies formally announced its acceptance of Germany’s unconditional surrender. It was Victory in Europe Day — or VE Day. Since June 6, 1944, Nazi-occupied Europe had faced the Red Army juggernaut coming from the Soviet Union as well as the…

Frank-Walter Steinmeier noted with sadness that due to the pandemic, commemorations are especially subdued this year. He also called on people to reject the temptations of "new nationalism" and isolationism. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday came together – 1.5 meters apart – to mark a…

Frank-Walter Steinmeier noted with sadness that due to the pandemic, commemorations are especially subdued this year. He also called on people to reject the temptations of "new nationalism" and isolationism. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday came together – 1.5 meters apart – to mark a…

Is the view of World War II and V-E Day skewed? That's what British historian James Holland thinks and calls for a realignment of the way we look at those events. DW: How would you define the UK's role leading up to the latter stages of the war? James Holland:…

On 8 May, 1945, amid the rubble of Berlin, news from London that the war was over filtered through on the radio. Red Army soldiers hunted for alcohol, female soldiers washed their clothes – an almighty party was being planned.But one woman did not celebrate that day. Elena Rzhevskaya, a…