World War 2

Friday 27 October 2023 5:16 am By: Ian Liddicoat Ian Liddicoat is Chief Technology Officer at Adludio Rishi Sunak wants to make the UK a hub for AI tech As a lifelong follower of computer science, it is interesting to see that the forthcoming AI Safety Summit will be held…

In conflicts around the world, evacuations have long been used to rescue people from serious harm. During the second world war, for instance, thousands of children across Europe were sent to rural areas or abroad under evacuation schemes initiated by governments and child welfare agencies. Evacuating civilians under international law…

When Canadian director Louise Archambault shot her Holocaust drama Irena’s Vow — about a young woman’s heroism in hiding Polish Jews from Nazi occupiers – she faced present-day obstacles during production in Poland. Archambault witnessed a makeshift refugee camp filled with Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of their country next to…

On Sunday, the Catholic Church beatified Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children as martyrs because they were killed in March 1944 by the Nazis after it was discovered they were hiding eight Jewish people in their attic.  In a post on X, Pope Francis announced, "Today in Markowa, Poland,…

R oyal Navy sailors provided a guard of honour at the funeral of 102-year-old Lawrence Churcher, who is believed to have been the last naval Dunkirk veteran. Mr Churcher, who was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, died earlier this month at a care home in nearby Fareham just days short of…

Family and friends gathered in New Westminster on Tuesday to honour the life of a man believed to be Canada’s oldest Second World War veteran. Reuben Sinclair was born on Dec. 5, 1911, in Lipton, Sask., and is being remembered as a loving husband, father and friend wh0 lived a…

The World War Two drama War Sailor — which debuted at last year’s Toronto Film Festival — swept Norway’s Amanda Awards last night, taking four main awards. The War Sailor haul included best actor for Pål Sverre Hagen. This is his third Amanda and second consecutive win. Ine Marie Wilmann…

Published August 8, 2023 5:59am DUESSELDORF, Germany - Around 13,000 people have been told to temporarily leave their homes in the western German city of Duesseldorf after a Second World War-era US bomb was found, firefighters said Monday. The one-ton United States-made bomb was to be defused overnight after it…

A World Court for (Some) Criminals? How the ICC Works ICC prosecutor Karim Khan (left) with former prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (right). Courtesy of the International Criminal Court. Can those who commit the most heinous of crimes be convicted for their transgressions on the international stage? The answer is yes, but…

The Oppenheimer movie has brought up the question of whether two fission bombs were needed to end the war with Japan. This question requires understanding the situation in 1945. Germany did not surrender until after Berlin was taken. Germany was pushed back to near its own borders by Dec, 1944.…