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Rare German WWII Watch May Sell For Over $12,000

A historic timepiece worn by Nazi pilots during WWII has emerged from a desk drawer and may soon fetch over $12,000 at auction.

Zenger · Jul 29, 2022

US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy visits War Memorial to learn more about elite team that helped rescue JFK during WWII

Newly appointed United States ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy learns more about the elite Australian military unit that helped rescue her father — John F Kennedy — and his crew during World War II.

ABC News · Jul 28, 2022

102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit honored

A 102-year-old woman is being honored for her service with an all-female, all-Black military unit that got mail to U.S. troops in Europe during World War II

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

Songs of hope

The award-winning Canadian-Czech singer and composer Lenka Lichtenberg was going through her mother's effects in 2016 in Prague when she made a startling discovery. She found two small notebooks that belonged to her artist grandmother, Anna Hana Friesova (1901-1987). Inside each notebook, small enough to fit into a back pocket,…

Bangkok Post · Jun 6, 2022

Crowds honor WWII veterans at Normandy D-Day celebrations

Several dozen World War II veterans were expected to attend D-Day commemoration ceremonies Monday in France

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

RAAF WWII bomber wreckage off Kimberley coast revealed in new footage

Jim Miles has discovered a number of underwater plane and shipwrecks in his time but finding the remains of WWII bomber A72-80 was different.

ABC News · Jun 6, 2022

Operation Mincemeat stars Colin Firth in a straightforward retelling of a WWII strategy to trick Nazis with a decoy corpse

A grisly scenario is brought to life in this polite but predictable dramatic thriller — with lashings of pitch-black humour — from the director of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

ABC News · May 11, 2022

Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov thanks Delhi for support on WWII Victory Day

As Russia and the U.S. increase war rhetoric over Ukraine, New Delhi steers clear of appearing to pick sides

The Hindu · May 9, 2022

Victory Day parade coverage hacked with pro-Ukraine message humiliating Putin

Russians watching the coverage of Victory Day - an event celebrating the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in WWII - were treated to an unexpectedly anti-war message

Daily Mirror · May 9, 2022

South Australia WWII shipwreck of Yandra cargo vessel visited by diver Steve Saville

In an area of South Australia best known for great white sharks, one diver is braving the depths to uncover a 94-year-old ship with a celebrated war history.

ABC News · May 9, 2022