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WORLD WAR II NEWS
Unknown Memories of India
February 02, 2020 11:39 pm
A group exhibition explores a slew of ignored and unheard stories from India’s past.
How a WWII Japanese soldier’s photo album, lost 74 years ago, finally reached his family
December 22, 2019 11:19 am
For 40 years, Chopra had in his care a photograph album dating to World War II. It belonged to Japanese soldier Hideo Shikata.
Explained: Who were the Cambridge Five, Soviet spies now feted by Putin's Russia?
December 21, 2019 7:30 am
The Cambridge Five was a KGB group of British spies who passed information to the Soviet Union during World War II and the early stages of the Cold War.
Donald Trump says the Kurds 'didn’t help' at Normandy. Here’s the history
October 11, 2019 11:06 am
His words came as Turkey began an air and ground offensive against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. So far, more than a dozen Kurdish fighters have been reported killed.
World War II-era bomber crashes; at least seven reported dead
October 03, 2019 9:29 am
Some of the survivors of the crash were critically injured, authorities said. One person on the ground was also hurt in the crash and a firefighter involved in the response suffered a minor injury. No children were on the plane.
In Kohima Village, an octogenarian is preserving a treasure trove from World War II
September 20, 2019 10:31 pm
The war is long over. The memories are long gone. But in an annexe built in an octogenarian’s home in Nagaland's Kohima Village lies The Little Museum of The Great War — filled with relics from one of the fiercest battles of World War II.
Dorothy Olsen, a pioneering pilot in World War II, dies at 103
August 12, 2019 11:48 am
When World War II began, Olsen and 25,000 other women applied to the Army Air Forces for the only jobs open to female pilots: freeing men for combat by ferrying newly minted fighters and bombers from the factories to domestic embarkation points for service overseas.
Explained: Treaty of Versailles 100 years on — A fragile peace and a fraught legacy
June 28, 2019 5:04 pm
The victorious powers — led by the United States, Britain, France and Italy — declared Germany and its allies to be solely responsible for the outbreak of World War I.
Home they brought Hari Singh, Palu Ram
June 16, 2019 2:28 am
Seventy five years after they were declared missing in action while fighting for the British Army, their remains come home to families who stake claim to their legacy — through demands for statues, jobs.
D-Day lessons
June 07, 2019 12:24 am
The 75th anniversary of Normandy Landings brings to focus erosion of values and systems set in place after World War II
WORLD WAR II PHOTOS
A room without a view: Snapshots of Swiss Army bunkers converted to hotels
January 19, 2016 12:30 am
For upwards of almost $200 a night, guests at a Swiss hotel might expect to catch a glimpse of the towering Alps or overlook one of the country's famous lakes. But visitors to Hotel La Claustra get a room without a view. The 17-room hotel is buried in the Gotthard mountain range and, with cavernous walls and minimalist interior, offers the chance to spend a few nights in an ex-army bunker.
WWII memory: Destruction and construction of Japan
March 09, 2015 1:44 pm
The combo pictures of initial destruction and reconstruction after the March 10, 1945 firebombing on Japan by the United States Army Air Forces during Pacific campaigns of World War II.
TOP FRAMES: Best photographs of this week from around the world
August 30, 2014 10:49 am
Top Frames brings to you an incredible edit of the defining news images from around the globe.
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The day the first and the only time atomic bombs were unleashed on Hiroshima, Japan
August 06, 2018 4:07 am
It was a day like no other. The day the first ever atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, during World War II.
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