UNCOVERED: Wwii - The Untold Story

Interned as ‘enemy aliens’ in Australia, these WWII refugees built their own universities

Between transit, immigration detention and life in camps, most refugees and asylum seekers are denied reliable ongoing access to education.

The Conversation · Oct 22

Fort Cronkhite: The abandoned WWII fort near San Francisco where giant 16-inch guns once shook the city

Fort Cronkhite, a former WWII military post in California’s Marin Headlands, once helped protect San Francisco Bay with massive 16-inch guns. Now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the historic site preserves wartime buildings and military defenses alongside beaches, trails and Pacific views. Visitors can explore Battery Townsley…

The Times of India · Oct 6

WWII soldier's bean seeds join Britain's heritage collection 80 years later

A handful of bean seeds given to a family in France in 1946 has survived for decades through careful seed saving. According to Garden Organic, the dwarf French bean known as Weller's Blue was given to the father of the current donor by a soldier who had served in France…

The Times of India · Oct 1

Europe's devastating wildfires unveil deadly new threat - buried bombs from WWI and WWII

Droughts across Europe have also been churning up military vehicles and weapons from the era, with shrinking rivers revealing German warships, a Wehrmacht motorbike, and a bomb.

Euronews · Aug 22

Sunken WWII tugboat emerges as extreme heat empties Europe’s rivers

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The Independent UK · Aug 20

Buried WWII munitions in Belgium could explode as underground peat fires continue

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The Independent UK · Aug 18

Fears undiscovered WWII munitions could explode as wildfires burn underground

Fears are mounting that unexploded WWII munitions buried in Belgium’s High Fens could detonate as underground peat fires continue to smoulder following the country’s worst wildfires in recent history.

The Independent UK · Aug 18

Trump vents, ‘Where do these animals come from?’ in rant over WWII memorial vandalism after Reflecting Pool mess

Actual vandalism follows president’s made-up, face-saving vandalism claim after botched renovation of Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool

The Independent UK · Aug 14

In 1943, Germany deployed a rare World War II torpedo boat. 83 years later, divers found the vessel nearly intact on the Ionian seabed, ending a decade-long search and potentially identifying the last surviving boat of its type

German WWII torpedo boat discovered: Researchers located the rare German naval boat LS 6 in the Ionian Sea. This vessel sank off western Greece during September 1943. The wreck remains unusually intact after eight decades underwater. Its discovery offers a rare opportunity to examine wartime naval design.

The Economic Times · Aug 12

Beneath the ocean lie 8,500 forgotten WWII shipwrecks. Many are still filled with oil

Scattered across the ocean floor worldwide are more than 8,500 shipwrecks classified as potentially polluting, most dating back to World War I and World War II, still carrying an estimated 6 billion gallons of heavy fuel oil within their corroding hulls. As these vessels approach or pass the century mark…

The Times of India · Jul 29