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D-Day nears for UNESCO listing of France's Normandy landing beaches
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (546+ words) Nearly twenty years after the project was launched, Normandy is on the verge of seeing its bid for UNESCO World Heritage status come to fruition. The United Nations body is due to announce its decision between 24 and 27 July, at the…...
‘America’s oldest John Doe’ is finally identified via DNA from bones on a Revolutionary War battlefield
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (1050+ words) Pvt. John Pumphrey, a Maryland teenager who died in one of the American Revolution's last major battles, has finally been identified after 246 years. Through DNA testing and historical sleuthing, he can now take his place in history, just in time…...
Does today mark the 90th anniversary of the real start of the Second World War?
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (576+ words) Today is the largely forgotten 90th anniversary of one of 20th century's history's most significant events – a tragic military and political development that, in some senses, represents the real beginning of the Second World War. For on this day exactly nine decades…...
Five killed after suspected wartime bomb detonates beneath Indonesian home
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (214+ words) Latest Malaysia breaking stories on politics, analysis and opinions JAKARTA, June 1 — A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a stilt house in an Indonesian fishing village, killing five people and wounding nearly 20, police said today. The…...
Grilled by Chinese expert on WWII apology, Japanese minister offers no straight answer
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (27+ words) Newswav Grilled by Chinese expert on WWII apology, Japanese minister offers no straight answer...
How oldest Pearl Harbor survivor is keeping memory of the surprise bombing alive
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (769+ words) Freeman Johnson, the nation’s oldest living survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack, was far below deck, immersed in the arduous task of repairing a boiler on the USS St. Louis when Japanese planes descended on December 7, 1941. Now 106, Johnson never witnessed…...
Love letters reveal how World War II soldier courted sweetheart during wartime
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (12+ words) Newswav...
D-Day veteran, 101, says UK ‘disappointing’ amid rise in antisemitism as he receives British Empire Medal
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (17+ words) Newswav...
US removal of panels honoring Black soldiers at WWII cemetery in the Netherlands draws backlash
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (16+ words) newswav.com...