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Auschwitz hero's son seeks millions for dad's 1948 execution

The son of World War II Auschwitz death camp hero Witold Pilecki is seeking millions in compensation from Poland's government for his father's post-war arrest and his 1948 execution by the communist authorities of the time

The Independent UK

Veterans Day ceremony at Soldier Field offers resounding: Thank you for your service

“We’re well known now, us World War II vets, because there’s so few of us left. It’s very rewarding being here. I really enjoy this. A little old corporal like me,” said Bob Holbach, 98.

Chicago Sun-Times

15 facts to know about Veterans Day

Apostrophe or no apostrophe? How long should one observe the holiday? We've got the answers

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Unlocking a painful wartime past through photographs

American Heroes: Portraits of Service, a permanent photographic exhibition, opened last week at Midway Airport.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hiroshi ‘Johnny’ Okura, artist who served with storied Japanese American WWII combat team, dead at 100

Its segregated soldiers served in “the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the U.S. military,” according to the National WWII Museum. In 2010, Congress recognized the 442nd by awarding its men the Congressional Gold Medal.

Chicago Sun-Times

Climate artefacts: How Nazi warships resurfaced in the Danube

As water levels reached historically low levels across Europe in 2022, history emerged from its depths.

Al Jazeera

In a recent WWII Days reenactment, some participants played the Nazis — we talked to them about why they do it

Someone has to play the bad guy.

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Allies’ successful first invasion but a ‘botched’ job: Operation Torch, 80 years on

On November 8, 1942, the Western Allies launched Operation Torch, landing in Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria to open up a second front in World War II. Torch was a paradoxical operation: The Allies won in just over a week, but losses were relatively high as the operation provided harsh lessons…

France 24

Hun Sen juggles global, regional politics

Who could have imagined that the world's longest reigning prime minister, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen -- or Prime Minister Hun Sen as he is more commonly known -- would stand in the front row defending Ukraine against Russia as the biggest war in Europe since World…

Bangkok Post

'Half American' explores how Black WWII servicemen were treated better abroad

Though more than one million Black Americans contributed to the war effort, historian Matthew Delmont says a military uniform offered no protection from racism.

WEKU

Mike Davis' odyssey to "City of Quartz"

How driving delivery trucks and tour buses led the late Mike Davis to write his landmark work of L.A. history

Salon

Renovated and reopened National Cryptologic Museum a spymaster’s delight; newly declassified artifacts on display

BALTIMORE — The newly renovated and reopened National Cryptologic Museum, run by the National Security Agency and located near the spy agency’s headquarters at Fort Meade, deals a fatal blow to one of the most enduring myths of the Cold War: There is no “red phone” linking the Oval Office…

Tribune News Service

The Theoretical Lethality Index is useful for military history but not for gun control policy

Professors Miller and Tucker miss the mark, while Saul Cornell disdains accuracy

Reason

POW Requiem premieres in Canberra to honour Australian World War II prisoners

The POW Requiem, featuring 24 movements, was performed over the weekend for the first time, in honour of Australia's thousands of World War II prisoners.

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Thousands commemorate Italy's fascist dictator at crypt

Several thousand black-clad fascist sympathizers chanted and sang in praise of Benito Mussolini as they marched to the slain Italian dictator’s crypt Sunday, 100 years after Mussolini entered Rome and completed a bloodless coup that gave rise to two decades of fascist rule

Al Jazeera

How Holocaust historians are unearthing Ukraine’s present

Years investigating Holocaust atrocities and ISIL war crimes are helping researchers uncover Russian abuses in Ukraine.

ABC News

Australian women cricketers brought back hope, rivalry in Test against England during Great Depression

When a group of women from all walks of life were asked to play in the inaugural Test cricket series against England in the summer of 1934, they brought hope of mending the fractured sporting relationship.

Al Jazeera

In the grips of war, Ukraine faces bleak demographic future

The refugee crisis is exacerbating Ukraine’s irreversible demographic decline, which began in the Soviet era.

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Putin: Russia Battling 'Western Domination' as Ukraine War Grinds On

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the war in Ukraine was part of Russia's wider struggle against Western domination, and warned that the world is probably entering the "most dangerous" decade since the end of World War II. The Russian leader showed no sign of backpedaling on the eight-month-old invasion…

ABC News

The Loop: Elon Musk fires Twitter bosses after takeover, new charges for man accused of killing Indigenous teen Cassius Turvey, and a study on nose-picking and dementia

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Tribune News Service

‘New York, New York’ heading to Broadway with Lin-Manuel Miranda writing new lyrics

NEW YORK — Start spreading the news — ”New York, New York” is coming to Broadway.

Chronicle Live

King Street, South Shields, and the town's Market Place - when past meets present

The pre-World War II scene of South Shields' bustling King Street in the 1930s is merged with the modern-day Market Place to create one striking image

The Independent UK

Poland says book given to pope by Macron wasn't WWII plunder

Poland’s culture minister has rejected speculation that a rare book given to Pope Francis by French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this week might have been looted from Poland during World War II

The Independent UK

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War

Ukraine’s presidential office says at least seven civilians have been killed and three others wounded in the latest Russian shelling of the eastern Donetsk region

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