World War 2

A 95-year-old second world war veteran twice denied an absentee ballot under a restrictive Texas voting law has attracted support from prominent figures including Beto O’Rourke, a voting rights campaigner and former presidential candidate now running for Texas governor. Kenneth Thompson, who served in the US army in Europe, told…

Located near Naples, Italy, Vesuvius last had a violent eruption in 1944, towards the end of the Second World War. It could be a few hundred years before another dangerous, explosive eruption occurs, finds a new study by volcano experts at ETH Zurich. Vesuvius is one of Europe’s most dangerous…

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Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comJan 16 (Reuters) - Retired Brigadier General Charles McGee, part of the pioneering all-Black Tuskegee Airmen during World War Two and one of its most decorated pilots, died on Sunday at the age of 102, his family said in a statement. McGee, who…

A must have for any World War 2 video game, the M1 Garand is a huge part of military history, and the arsenal of pop culture weapons. It was a tool that helped the allies fight in the Second World War, and has since been seen in plenty of games,…

Lawrence N Brooks, the oldest second world war veteran in the US – believed to be the oldest man in the country – died on Wednesday at the age of 112. His death was announced by the National WWII Museum and confirmed by his daughter. Brooks, born on 12 September…

After its worst two years since the second world war, 2022 is looking brighter for the global airline industry. For passengers, though, the chance to travel at low cost again may prove short-lived. In 2020 international passenger demand was less than 25% that of 2019, according to the International Air…

Where is the next Squid Game, Line of Duty or The Bridge coming from? These are questions we frequently pose at Deadline and, hopefully, we’ve identified some key contenders below. From World War Two epics, to Boris Johnson biopics, to the first ever original from the Faroe Islands, here are seven dramas we…

Bob Atkinson remembers Christmas 1944. He was in the Netherlands, observing Nazi V1 and V2 rockets stream through the sky overhead. “The V1 rockets had quite a big flame coming out of them,” he said. “So I was watching and counting them as they went over.” Not all of the…

'They really were teenagers. Their music was important to them, their pop culture was important to them,' says Malcolm Kelly Malcolm Kelly wants to help local residents learn more about the area's war heroes of yesteryear. Kelly, who recently released his debut novel SPROG: A Novel of Bomber Command, will be…