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The milkman who became a hero during audacious WW2 raid
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (711+ words) Sixteen-year-old James Conway was working as a milkman when World War Two broke out in the September of 1939. Conway, from Edgeley in Stockport, signed up to join the Royal Marines where he trained for a secret mission, later named Operation…...
'Death Railway' memorial unveiled to mark VJ Day
17+ hour, 25+ min ago (454+ words) A section of railway track has been unveiled at the site of a World War Two memorial commemorating prisoners who built what became known as the Death Railway between Thailand and Myanmar, formerly Burma. The reconstruction was installed in South…...
Takaichi skips controversial shrine visit on 81st anniversary of country's World War II surrender
18+ hour, 17+ min ago (848+ words) Takaichi, however, did not mention her country's wartime past in Asia or express remorse for it in a speech at the ceremony, and the defense minister and other political representatives visited the shrine. The Yasukuni Shrine, which commemorates over 2.4 million…...
Japan's defense minister prays at shrine seen by neighbours as symbol of Japanese militarism
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (17+ words) Yahoo News Canada...
World War II bomber arrives in Albuquerque for public tours
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (23+ words) Yahoo News Canada World War II bomber arrives in Albuquerque for public tours...
Spectacular photos: Wehrmacht motorbike from Danube almost 'like new"
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (714+ words) According to Hungary's Institute and Museum of Military History, the recovered motorbike is a DKW NZ 350-1. Among motorcyclists at the time, the DKW NZ 250 and NZ 350 models were considered particularly tough and reliable. In 1944, therefore, the NZ 350-1 was introduced as…...
Mystery solved: story of Wehrmacht motorbike found in the Danube
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (460+ words) The water level in the Danube has never been this low. The low water level is exposing what lay hidden on the riverbed for decades, including a Wehrmacht motorcycle of the DKW NZ 350-1 type from the Second World War. DKW…...
Taiwan representative in Japan boycotts Nagasaki anniversary ceremony over seating
6+ day, 6+ min ago (477+ words) Lee Yi-yang, head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Tokyo, said in a social media post that seat assignments showed Nagasaki "deliberately denied Taiwan's status as a nation, completely disregarding Taiwan's sovereignty and dignity." Lee said he…...
???Remarkable??? story of Peterloo Massacre survivor uncovered after 200 years
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (666+ words) David Olusoga is set to share the "remarkable" story of a Peterloo Massacre survivor after 200 years. On August 16, 1819, British Army troops broke up a meeting of people who were demanding parliamentary reforms on St Peter's Field, Manchester. Charging into a…...
Nagasaki 81st atomic bomb anniversary unnerves proponents of pacifism
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (56+ words) Yahoo News Canada Nagasaki marked on Sunday the 81st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the southwestern city, as the mayor called nuclear weapons "absolute evil," denounced growing support for nuclear deterrence, and called on the Japanese government to adhere…...