The Latest Breaking News from World War II

On the four-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian president said the country has preserved its statehood as allies vow unwavering support and peace on Kyiv's terms.

Russia launched Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II four years ago

Three new to Netflix movies you need to watch this weekend

The Top End has marked the anniversary of the 1942 bombing of Darwin amid a push to attract niche tourists to World War II sites and their stories.

Japan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, has already made history since taking office in October 2025. Capitalising on her high approval ratings and “fresh new image”, she dissolved the lower house and called an election just four months into her term.

On April 9, 1940, Nazi tanks stormed into Denmark. A month later, they blitzed into Belgium, Holland and France. As Americans grew increasingly rattled by the spreading threat, a surprising place became crucial to U.S. national security: the vast, ice-capped island of Greenland.

War rarely turns on one person alone, yet certain names continue to surface when the history of World War II is revisited. Alan Turing is one of them. Born in London in 1912, he was trained as a mathematician and logician, with work that moved between theory and machinery. When…

CasaPound takes its name from Ezra Pound, the US modernist poet who collaborated with Fascist Italy during World War II. The group was founded in December 2003 when activists occupied a state-owned building in Rome's Esquilino district.

Remember Hachiko? The dog who waited at the railway station for almost 10 years for his owner, without knowing about his passing? How about Laika, the first-ever animal to go to space and orbit the Earth? There are some dogs that are nothing short of legendary. Let’s take a look…