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Dutch Museum Returns Kandinsky Painting To Jewish Heirs, Art Initially Sold To Escape Nazis

The work, worth millions, was bought for a “pittance." Its owners were desperate to flee Amsterdam in World War II.

Zenger

Black female WWII unit recognized with congressional honor

The House has voted to award the only all-female, Black unit to serve in Europe during World War II with the Congressional Gold Medal

The Independent UK

No, We Shouldn't Attack Russia and Start World War III Over Ukraine

While it's tempting to defend the besieged nation from Putin's aggression, nuclear annihilation would be bad.

Reason

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Will Bunch: War in Ukraine demands that all of us pick a side — democracy or decadence

They dress like students, or dress like housewives, or in a suit and a tie. Life during wartime in Ukraine — the kind of conflict that Europe thought it would never see in the 21st century — is less than a week old, and producing some shocking images that practically…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

NATO to dispatch troops to allies near Ukraine and Russia; Biden promises new aid, sanctions

KHARKIV, Ukraine — As Russian troops closed in on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Friday in Europe’s largest ground conflict since World War II, leaders of the besieged nation urged their citizens to fight back.

Los Angeles Times

EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell: ‘Nobody can trust Putin’ after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Russian forces have launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea. This is the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II. Speaking to FRANCE 24 in an exclusive interview, the EU’s Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell slams Putin as untrustworthy: “After…

France 24

Russian troops tighten net around Kyiv as Ukraine fighting rages

Los Angeles Times

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Pentagon orders 7,000 more troops to Europe

WASHINGTON: As Russian forces head toward Kyiv with what the Pentagon described as an apparent aim of "decapitating" the Ukrainian government, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered an additional 7,000 troops to Europe with the Continent facing the biggest land war since World War II.

Bangkok Post

Putin declares war on Ukraine. What is behind the invasion?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sparked one of the biggest security crises in Europe since World War II by invading Ukraine, with barrages of missiles and artillery accompanying troops as they entered the country from multiple directions.

Tribune News Service

‘No other option’: Excerpts of Putin’s speech declaring war

Before launching the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II, Putin made an address.

Al Jazeera

Putin orders Russian attacks across Ukraine in ‘dark day’

Russian forces attacked targets across Ukraine on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin vowed to “demilitarise” the country and replace its leaders, triggering the worst security crisis in Europe since World War II as the West threatened further punishing sanctions in response.

Bangkok Post

Russian invasion of Ukraine throws world into new era of upheaval

"Russia treacherously attacked our state in the morning, as Nazi Germany did in World War II years."

Axios

Ukraine under full-scale attack from land, sea and air

At least 137 soldiers and civilians have died in the first day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine after Moscow unleashed the biggest attack on a European state since World War II.

Newsroom.co.nz

Micheal Martin says Russia's warmongering could have 'devastating consequences' for Ireland

The Taoiseach warned that "we have seen nothing like this since World War II"

Irish Mirror

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The Conversation

Putin’s public approval is soaring during the Russia-Ukraine crisis, but it's unlikely to last

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into eastern Ukraine on Feb. 21, 2022. The invasion could lead to the biggest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, Western leaders warn.

Tribune News Service

Review: 'The Swimmers,' by Julie Otsuka

An elderly woman with failing memory recalls life in an internment camp during World War II.

Salon

Putin orders Russian troops into Ukraine

The latest move in escalating tensions that could become Europe's largest military offensive since World War II

Los Angeles Times

Russia orders troops into eastern Ukraine

KHARKIV, Ukraine — In an almost-hourlong address that alternated between furious anti-Western rhetoric and the excoriation of Ukraine as a puppet nation, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized two Ukrainian breakaway republics as independent, a move certain to further incite animosities with the West and escalate fears of an…

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Los Angeles Times

Putin recognizes 2 Ukrainian enclaves as independent

KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two Ukrainian breakaway republics as independent, a move certain to further inflame animosities with the West and escalate fears of an invasion that could ignite fighting reminiscent of World War II and redraw the map of Eastern Europe.

Los Angeles Times

Kamala Harris departs Europe as Ukraine tension accelerates, Russia extends troop exercises

MUNICH, Germany — Vice President Kamala Harris concluded a trip to Munich on Sunday aimed at shoring up alliances amid a barrage of shelling in eastern Ukraine and other signs that diplomatic efforts to forestall the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II were failing.

Bangkok Post

Solemn anniversary for Japanese Americans

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden pledged on Friday to tackle racism as the country marked 80 years since the signing of a presidential order that led to the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Okinawa aims to open army bunker to convey war tragedy

NAHA -- The Okinawa prefectural government is moving to open to the public a bunker built by the Japanese Imperial Army in Naha during the Battle of Okinawa at the end of World War II.

AAP

Service marks 80 years since Darwin attack

A special ceremony making 80 years since Darwin was bombed during World War II is under way in the Northern Territory.

The Conversation

The Cold War, modern Ukraine and the spread of democracy in the former Soviet bloc countries

As Russia masses forces and equipment on Ukraine’s border, international tensions over a possible invasion intensify almost daily. Ukraine has emerged as ground zero of what some pundits have dubbed a new Cold War between Russia and the West.

ABC News

US pilot dubbed the Candy Bomber for dropping sweets during Berlin Airlift dies aged 101

Beloved in Germany, US military pilot Gail S Halvorsen became known as the Candy Bomber due to him dropping sweets for children during the Berlin Airlift after World War II.

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