The Economist7d
What to read about the end of the second world war
Pan Macmillan; £18.99 The last eight months of the war in Europe were among the bloodiest and most destructive. Adolf Hitler ...
WYSO Public Radio3d
In 1945, eighty years ago, no one knew how World War II would end
Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...
VE Day 2025: Brits to enjoy four days of events to mark 80th anniversary of victory
Celebrations to mark 80 years since the end of the Second World War will be held over four days, with school children able to ...
End of a mystery: U.S. Army Air Force pilot identified nearly 80 years after WWII crash
All 11 crewmen aboard the Heaven Can Wait bomber perished in March 1944. A pilot who died on board has been found 80 years ...
An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people. Excavation is not his ...
Daily Mail4d
Poppies return to the Tower of London: Ceramic 'flowers' seen by more than five million in 2014 will be reinstalled to mark 80th anniversary of end of WWII
Now, nearly 30,000 of the original 888,246 ceramic poppies will return as part of an installation to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The new display is designed to ...
Bank holiday to kick off four days of celebrations to mark 80th anniversary of WWII ending
On Friday, August 15, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in the Far East, a service will take place at the ...
Majestic sea of poppies to be centrepiece of landmark WWII anniversary commemorations
A sea of poppies is set to return to the Tower of London, as the world stops to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end ...
Hours of travel delays end as authorities defuse unexploded WWII bomb near Paris' Gare du Nord
Hours of travel delays and chaos ensues after an unexploded WWII bomb was discovered in France’s busiest train station in the ...