Tag: World War II

• 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.

• Sunday, June 16th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  Argentine ambassador to Haiti removed over comments referred to the Nazi Army

  

  Argentina removed its ambassador to Haiti from his post over a tweet that angered Jewish groups earlier this month. On Argentina’s Army Day, 29 May, Day, Pedro Von Eyken tweeted: “Today is the Day of the Argentine Army, that of General José de San Martín and many others who gave it glory and honor.

• Friday, June 7th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Macron and Trump pay tribute to Allied forces who led the invasion of Normandy to end the war

  

  President Donald Trump travelled to Normandy on Thursday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day and pay tribute to American and allied forces who led the invasion of Nazi-occupied France that was the turning point in World War II.