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We Are Still Fighting World War II
World War II certainly brought the strands of world history together, with its global reach and its acceleration of the end ...
AP WAS THERE: Journalists chronicled the Nazi surrenders and end of World War II in Europe
AP reporters and photographers chronicled the Nazis' historic defeat 80 years ago this week. Allied forces brought World War ...
Trump Announces New National Holidays for World War I and II Victories
May 8 and November 11 are new national holidays for WWII and WWI victories that don't replace Veterans Day or close ...
Russia to host leaders of China and Brazil for the 80th anniversary of its World War II victory
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to host heads of states for festivities Friday marking the 80th anniversary of the ...
World War II-era target ship prematurely sinks before US and Philippine forces can use in drills
A former US World War II-era warship, which survived two of the Pacific War’s most important battles, was supposed to be used ...
How did World War II end – and why do Europe and the US recognise different dates?
The war between the US and Japan had started with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The ...
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The World War II tragedy still shrouded in silence 80 years later
On May 3, 1945, one of the greatest and most silenced maritime tragedies of the 20th century unfolded in the Bay of Lübeck in ...
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London's Westminster lights up to mark 80 years since end of World War II
Britain's Palace of Westminster, home of the UK parliament, lights up in red, white and blue to mark 80 years since the end ...
US and Philippine forces cancel ship-sinking drill after World War II-era target prematurely sinks
A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces ...
AP PHOTOS: 80 years after World War II, Germany is still searching for its fallen soldiers
In a forest near Berlin, the remains of 107 fallen Wehrmacht soldiers were ceremoniously interred last week. High school ...
The Six Triple Eight: Black, Female Soldiers Honored for World War II Success
The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.
80 years after World War II, Germany is still searching for its fallen soldiers
A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 years after World War II ...