World War 2

Greek police recover Picasso, Mondrian paintings stolen in 2012 ATHENS, Greece — Two paintings by Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian that were stolen from the National Gallery in Athens in 2012 have been recovered by Greek police, officials announced here Tuesday. Picasso’s “Head of a Woman” and Mondrian’s “Stammer Windmill”…

German Bundeswehr soldiers are seen at a camp in Afghanistan, March 25, 2018. Michael Kappeler/Pool via Reuters/File Photo BERLIN, June 29 (Reuters) - The German military late on Tuesday concluded its withdrawal from Afghanistan after almost two decades, finishing Germany's deadliest military mission since World War 2. "Our last troops…

Sean McMeekin's new work is good, unorthodox, and wrong. Stalin’s War: A New History of WWII, by Sean McMeekin (Basic Books: 2021), 864 pages. The peoples of the Russian Federation—despite the imperishable cynicism that so many express on matters political—still take a romantic pride in the role their families and…

MANILA - Philippine defence secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday ordered the grounding of the military's fleet of Black Hawk helicopters after a crash during training mission in an province north of the capital Manila killed six people. The S-70i Black Hawk helicopter, one of 16 purchased in 2019 from Poland,…

Although James Toussaint has never had COVID-19, the pandemic is taking a profound toll on his health. First, the 57-year-old lost his job delivering parts for a New Orleans auto dealership in spring 2020, when the local economy shut down. Then, he fell behind on his rent. Last month, Toussaint…

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June 22, 1941 is one of the saddest dates in the history of Russia — the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, the day of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War (the war against Nazis in 1941-1945, a part of World War 2). © New Straits Times Press (M) BhdRead…

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. On June 15, Frank Atchison will celebrate his 95th birthday and 50 years as a Shriner when he ends his 260-kilometre walk in Regina. Author of the article: Bre McAdam  •  Saskatoon StarPhoenix Frank Atchison on his children's hospitals…

Picture: iStock/Gallo Images Global plastics production declined slightly in 2020 as a result of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, only the third time since World War 2 that output has fallen, an industry body said on Thursday. Previously, only as a result of the oil crisis in 1973…

I've hinted a few times at my dislike of naval antics in strategy games. Since Strategic Mind set me off on a World War 2 kick, this week seemed like a good time to resolve this by picking out a dedicated seaborne war game and making a sincere effort to…