Wwii News

In 2013, Angelina Jolie discovered that her film's subject, WWII veteran Louis Zamperini, lived nearby, leading her to direct 'Unbroken' and authentically portr

Giorgia Meloni has set a record by leading Italy's longest-serving government since WWII, a milestone celebrated by supporters, though analysts caution that lon

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is gaining significant popularity in Saxony-Anhalt and could become the first far-right party to hold st

After two atomic bombings and a radio message, Japan surrendered in 23 minutes, marking the end of World War II under President Harry S Truman's leadership.

Wildfires burning across Europe this summer are exposing and detonating buried bombs and mines from World War I and II, posing a deadly threat.

A biopic about Charles de Gaulle has become a surprise hit among younger viewers in France, with historians suggesting it reflects a desire for a unifying figur

Japanese Defence Minister Koizumi's visit to the Yasukuni Shrine on the 81st anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender has angered China and South Korea.

Russia is accused of using the historical Volhynia massacres to create discord between Ukraine and Poland, with tensions rising after Ukrainian President Zelens

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated that Russian President Putin's visit to islands seized by the Soviet Union in WWII has angered Japan, deepening an

Nazi German warships scuttled in the Danube River during World War II are resurfacing due to extreme drought and low water levels in Europe.

Hiroshima is commemorating the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing during World War II, with the city's mayor expressing concern over the continued purs

Secret Nazi ships, some still carrying weapons, have emerged from the riverbed as the Danube runs dry. These vessels belonged to Nazi Germany's Black Sea fleet

Amidst ongoing wildfires in France, World War II explosives, including mortar shells and high-explosive anti-tank shells, are detonating, creating what witnesse

Trump stated that he is not looking to kill people and is holding off on Iran's 'biggest attack since WWII'.

A sunken German warship from World War II has resurfaced in Serbia due to low river levels.

Over 81,000 U.S. soldiers remain missing from past wars, and one unidentified WWII soldier, disinterred from Sitka, Alaska, in June, may soon be identified by t

A new book suggests that two British soldiers might have aided Nazi leader Herman Goering in his suicide by cyanide pill in 1946, preventing him from facing exe

Japan has launched its first centralized intelligence body since World War II, aiming to shed its image as a 'paradise for spies'.

The author flew in a Douglas DC-3, a World War II-era aircraft, over the Amazon jungle in Colombia. This particular DC-3 is one of the few remaining that still

New data reveals that mortgage programs around the Second World War in the USA disproportionately benefited white borrowers, with Black borrowers facing exclusi

The D-Day landing beaches in Normandy, France, have been officially added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, recognizing their historical significance as the site

Experts in Taiwan have commenced an excavation to recover the remains of Japanese soldiers who were lost during a World War II ship sinking.

A new museum at Trent Park in London explores its history as a bugged stately home where German prisoners of war unknowingly revealed secrets during WWII, with

A Ceremony of Remembrance was held in Dublin to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and to honor all those who died in WWI and WWII.