World War 2

Noor Inayat Khan, a British Muslim woman who was the first female radio espionage operator infiltrated into Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War, is about to get her 17 minutes of fame. The little-known story of Ms. Khan, executed at the Dachau concentration camp, will premiere at a Los…

A still from the film 'Paragraph 175'. German authorities have compensated almost 250 people who were affected by a law criminalising homosexuality that continued to be enforced after the Second World War. Germany’s Federal Office of Justice has paid out compensation in 249 cases out of 317 that applied. A further…

Expert’s view The writer and journalist chooses her five favourite books about women, fashion and the Second World WarJustine Picardie’s new book, Miss Dior (Faber £25) – about the designer’s sister, a heroine of the Resistance – is out now. Paris Was Yesterday by Janet Flanner (1934)Flanner began writing her “Letter…

Home » Military » Taiwan Needs to Signal Military Resolve Taiwan is considering a 5.6% military budget increase over the 2021 allocation and come to the usual 2.3% of gross domestic product. The new budget is in response to a surge in Chinese activity in or near the Taiwanese air…

The Premier League is among a group of major European leagues that are “firmly and unanimously” against FIFA’s proposals to hold the World Cup every two years. The men’s World Cup has taken place every four years since the inaugural edition in 1930, aside from 1942 and 1946 due to…

Frank de la Rosa’s book, “Beyond Forgetting,” a memoir of life during the Philippine theatre of World War II, is one of those rare peeks into the horrors experienced by civilians. Cookstown, NJ – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, August 31, 2021 The Second World War is often depicted in print and…

This photo taken on June 22, 2021 shows a security guard patrolling the platforms at Bangkok Railway Station, more commonly known as Hua Lamphong, in Bangkok. The vast majority of services of the station at Hua Lamphong will move to a new rail hub on the capital's northern outskirts later…

A Bard College professor has produced a sweeping, revisionist history of the Second World War that places the blame at Russia's doorstep. Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Josef Stalin at the Yalta Conference, February 1945. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II,…

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The Civil War between Mao’s Communists and Chiang’s Nationalists had been paused during the fight against Japan, but the two sides remained untrusting and antagonistic. Events like the New Fourth Army Incident of January 1942 showed just how easy it was for conflict to re-emerge. Allied leaders had contemplated these…