World War 2

PACIFIC VISIT US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman (third left) and US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy (left) pose for pictures with delegates and representatives of the governments and armed forces of Australia, New Zealand and Japan at the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal at Skyline Ridge…

A closed Lanspeary Park pool is seen on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star Following recent news about plans to re-invent the pool at Lanspeary Park, some history should be mentioned. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The pool…

If whitewashing Bulgaria’s history during the Second World War helps an Israeli arms company get a contract, who could possibly object? July 26, 2022 One of the most grotesque distortions of Holocaust history is when those involved in the international arms trade use it to legitimize war and mass violence.…

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By Andre Rhoden-Paul & Doug Faulkner BBC News Media caption, London wildfires: Family home of 27 years destroyed London's fire service had its busiest day since World War Two dealing with multiple blazes in record-breaking temperatures on Tuesday, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said. The capital was one of 15…

Here is some historical information about how long it might take for the fog of war to lift to get more accurate estimates of deahs in the current War in Ukraine. It took until 1990-2006 to get better estimates for Russian deaths in World War 2. The Soviet Union had…

Bull Sands Fort was completed in 1919.Savills A seat fort from the Second World War is being auctioned and has a guide price of almost $60,000. It could be turned into a high-end hotel, restaurant, Airbnb, retreat or tourist attraction. The fort has three floors and a lookout tower but…

The site of what is arguably the deepest known shipwreck has been found. The World War 2 escort destroyer USS Samuel B. Roberts was lost during the Battle of Samar and has been found 6,895 meters/~4.28 miles below the ocean. The ship was commissioned in 1944 and sank that same year.…

The last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from the second world war will lie in state at the US Capitol, West Virginia senator Joe Manchin announced at a memorial on Sunday where the late marine was remembered for his courage, humility and selflessness. “He never quit giving back,” Manchin said…

In the Second World War, in what today is known as Ukraine, Nataliia Mariichyn’s great-grandparents sheltered a Jewish family in their barn. Now she’s rebuilding her life in Montreal — and that Jewish family’s descendants are helping her. Until she left Ukraine in mid-March, Nataliia Mariichyn and Sam Langleben spoke…