World War 2

Joseph O’Connor’s new book, My Father’s House, opens with an electrifying account of how Delia Murphy Kiernan drove the Irish ambassador’s car through Nazi-occupied Rome — and ultimately through a closed gate — so that an escaped prisoner of war could get the medical attention he urgently needed. In a…

The British colonial government made it illegal for anyone to sell Garri privately in 1944. At the time, garri was considered as “Government treasure”. This actually happened during the era of the second World War. As we know, the British were suffering at the hands of the Germans and they…

An exhibition of original artwork showing scenes from the Second World War, will go on display at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum. The exhibition first went on display at the Woodstock museum in March 2020, but was open for less than a week before national lockdowns were put in place…

What are spy balloons and why are they still being used? U.S. officials say that a Chinese "surveillance balloon" has been flying over the United States for several days. Using high-altitude balloons for spying and other military missions is a practice that dates to World War Two. Alice Rizzo explains…

Homeowner discovers a Second World War bomb shelter beneath her garden - 12 years after moving inThe discovery, thought to be an Anderson shelter, was found in Pyle, BridgendThe woman was having an outhouse built when builders unearthed the shelterAnderson shelters were built during WW2 to provide protection for air…

WARSAW (Reuters) - The director of the Auschwitz Memorial on Friday compared the deaths of people in Ukraine to the suffering in World War Two during commemorations marking the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial preserves the…

Beijing’s top envoy to Australia has attempted to drive a wedge into Australia’s growing ties with Japan by criticising his Japanese counterpart in Canberra and warning Australians against trusting their former World War Two enemy lest Japan launch another military attack on the country in the future. Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian…

In 2023, the U.S. could become a net exporter of crude oil for the first time since 1945. Complete U.S. energy independence could change U.S. foreign policy vis-a-vis the Middle East. U.S. disengagement in the Middle East leaves a massive hole in the global geopolitical architecture. Although the U.S. marked…

TOKYO, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida starts a tour of key Western partners on Monday, after unveiling his country's biggest military buildup since World War Two as Tokyo weighs steps to counter China's growing power. Kishida, who will host a summit of the Group of Seven…

As a child, Wilson Nixon would sit at the top of the stairs of the family home and listen in on his father Harold's stories about his time as a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) fighter pilot in the Second World War.  Wilson said his dad didn't talk much with him…