World War 2

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The little-known Air Disaster Memorial is secreted among pine trees off Pialligo Avenue between Canberra and Queanbeyan, hard to find but a sacred place for many. Subscribe now for unlimited access. or signup to continue reading All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Crosswords,…

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A 104-year-old veteran who fought the Nazis in Germany has signed a historic gun as part of a national project. Joan Ramsay, 104, is now a resident at Penhurst Gardens Care Home in Chipping Norton, but in 1944 she was serving on the continent as a member of the military…

An acclaimed World War 2 film featuring some major stars is leaving Netflix very soon Ketsuda Phoutinane Spare Time Content Editor and Lucas Hill-Paul Content Editor 22:29, 07 Jun 2025 World War 2 film 'better than Dunkirk' is leaving Netflix in a week Joe Wright's Atonement, the celebrated World War…

Thousands of people were being evacuated from central Cologne in western Germany on Wednesday after the discovery of three wartime bombs, in what the city authority called the largest such measure since the end of World War 2. An evacuation zone with a radius of 1km will be cleared from…

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin commenced a phone call on Monday to discuss avenues for ending the war in Ukraine, the White House announced. The call takes place amid escalating concerns that negotiations to conclude Europe’s most intense conflict since World War Two could reach an…

May 18 marks five years since the commissioning of the air warfare destroyer, HMAS Sydney V. It was the first ship since World War 2 to be commissioned at sea and came into service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sailors on board celebrated the occasion by looking back at the ship's…

Ukraine rallied support from its Western allies on Friday after Kyiv and Moscow failed to agree to a ceasefire at their first direct talks in more than three years, with Russia presenting conditions that a Ukrainian source described as “non-starters”. Under pressure from US President Donald Trump to end the…

Corporal Angela Reid's grandmother unfortunately did not get the chance to tell her granddaughter the stories she had from serving in the Army in World War 2 as a telephonist. Through her daughter, however, Evelyn Collard's journey inspired her granddaughter to serve in the Royal Australian Air Force. "Grandma used…