Tag: World War II

• Thursday, March 20th 2025 - 05:43 UTC

  Tributes pour for Battle of Britain’s “Last of the Few”, who died at age 105 in Dublin

  

  The Prince and Princess of Wales, and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are among the many people who have taken to social media to pay their respects to Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain. The RAF veteran, who also took part in the Battle of France and in Italy, died at the age of 105.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

  Builders find WWII bombs in Dua Lipa's home

  

  British-Albanian singer-songwriter Dua Lipa saw renovation works at her North London home halted when two unexploded bombs from World War II were discovered, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday. As a result, the entertainer had to pay for a soil survey before advancing with the construction of her own studio and a swimming pool.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 08:54 UTC

  Former concentration camp secretary given 2-year suspended sentence

  

  A former secretary at a nazi concentration camp in Poland where at least 10,505 people were murdered during World War II was handed down a two-year suspended sentence Tuesday by the Itzehoe state court in Schleswig-Holstein state Tuesday for her involvement in the crimes.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Gibraltar's role in Operation Torch when North Africa was recovered from Nazis 80 years ago

  

  Gibraltar National Archives will host an exhibition to commemorate 80 years since Operation Torch, the retaking of North Africa from the Nazis, which was planned and spearheaded from Gibraltar in November 1942.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 19:18 UTC

  German WWII sunken submarine found off Necochea

  

  Researchers from the “Eslabón Perdido” (Missing Link) team have come across a German Reichsmarine submarine off the coast of Necochea in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires near Arenas Verdes and Costa Bonita, it was reported Tuesday.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 18:13 UTC

  WWII bomb goes off in Munich during railroad works

  

  Four people were injured in Germany when a dormant World War II bomb went off Wednesday after 12 noon local time near the Donnersberger Bridge, not far from Munich's central train station.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 21:33 UTC

  WWII sunken ships resurface in Japan

  

  World War II ships that sank near the Ogasawara Islands have resurfaced due to seismic activity in the region, it was reported.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 08:54 UTC

  Former Nazi camp guard brought to trial at age 100

  

  A 100-year-old former Nazi camp guard has been brought to trial Thursday for his alleged involvement as an accessory to more than 3,000 murders.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Cheers and tears as UK ends 47 years of European Union membership

  

  Britain on Friday ended almost half a century of European Union membership, making a historic exit after years of bitter arguments to chart its own uncertain path in the world. There were celebrations and tears across the country as the EU's often reluctant member became the first to leave an organization set up to forge unity among nations after the horrors of World War II.

• Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Germany asks the Polish people for forgiveness on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II

  

  Germany’s president expressed on Sunday deep remorse for the suffering his nation inflicted on Poland and the rest of Europe during World War II, warning of the dangers of nationalism as world leaders gathered Sunday in the country where the war started at incalculable costs.