World War 2

As Bernie Sanders noted: Nero fiddled as Rome burned, while Donald Trump golfs -- and Justin Trudeau prorogues Parliament, it could be added. With Canada reeling from the pandemic crisis, our prime minister prorogued Parliament right after he selected Bill Morneau to take the hit for the government's WE Charity scandal, freeing up his longtime finance minister…

August 15, 1945 marked the end of the war that involved more than a million Canadians During the Second World War, Canadians from across the country and all walks of life would enlist for our country. In all, more than one million Canadians and Newfoundlanders served in uniform and countless…

Wartime allies Britain and Canada both paid tribute Saturday to veterans of the multinational Second World War campaign against Japan, which formally ended 75 years ago some three months after Nazi Germany had been vanquished in Europe.British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to attend the national service of remembrance marking the 75th anniversary…

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged never to "repeat the tragedy of war" as commemorations marking VJ Day — the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Asia — got underway Saturday.With many events muted this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, a somber Abe wore a…

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Lindsay Dufty remembers seeing the pilots’ faces as Japanese bombers descended on Darwin in February 1942, the first ever enemy attack over Australian soil.He remembers that, with no artillery experience at the time, he felt worried he might let down his mates in an anti-aircraft gun team.“Unfortunately,…

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TOKYO (Reuters) - In a 4 1/2-minute radio speech on Aug. 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender in World War Two, telling his subjects he had resolved to pave the way for peace by “enduring the unendurable”.FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows after placing a flower at…

TOKYO (Reuters) - In a 4 1/2-minute radio speech on Aug. 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender in World War Two, telling his subjects he had resolved to pave the way for peace by “enduring the unendurable”.FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows after placing a flower at…

The UK celebrates VJ Day today, August 15 - marking 75 years since Japan's surrender brought an end to the Second World War.Victory over Japan (VJ) Day came more than three months after Victory in Europe (VE) Day, because Japan continued fighting until the US dropped two atomic bombs on…

Over the Alps - released on Apple Arcade and Steam earlier in the year - is coming to Nintendo Switch on August 25th. The narrative adventure follows a spy as they race across Switzerland on the eve of World War 2, and comes with an alluring postcard-style aesthetic and multiple…