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UK village marks struggle against US Army racism in World War II

The town of Bamber Bridge in northwest England is marking the 80th anniversary of what’s now known as the Battle of Bamber Bridge

The Independent UK

Marking Battle of Okinawa anniversary, governor of southern Japanese islands urges diplomacy

The governor of Japan’s southern prefecture of Okinawa has called for more diplomatic efforts toward peace on the 78th anniversary of one of World War II’s bloodiest battles

The Independent UK

This WWII battle wasn't against Nazis. It was between Black and white GIs in England

It's the 80th anniversary of a little-known battle — by Black U.S. soldiers against segregation in the military. They were convicted of mutiny. Villagers in England want them exonerated.

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Nazi brass eagle to be recast as peace dove

MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War II-era German destroyer off its coast 17 years ago, and recast it as a dove of peace, the South American country’s president said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Robert Gottlieb, celebrated editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, has died at 92

Gottlieb, whose work helped shape the modern publishing canon, edited fiction by future Nobel laureates, spy novels by John le Carré, essays by Nora Ephron and Caro's nonfiction epics.

WEKU

Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92

One of the greatest literary editors in modern times, Robert Gottlieb, has died

The Independent UK

Top-secret special-ops submarine from World War II discovered after 20-year search

A veteran Greek diver announced that he'd discovered the wreck of HMS Triumph after searching for more than 20 years.

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Ballykinlar replica British Army hut that housed former Taoiseach to be demolished

"The original huts, since demolished at Ballykinlar, were also used to train British soldiers ahead of the Battle of the Somme as well as American GIs during World War II."

Belfast Live

The overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II

In the months and years following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, the U.S. government incarcerated a large number of Japanese American civilians from the U.S. mainland.

The Conversation

U.S. Consul General seeks govt. help to locate remains of American soldiers killed in Assam in World War II

The U.S. Consul General in Kolkata has sought help from the Assam Government to locate the remains of American soldiers who were killed in the North Eastern State in World War II

The Hindu

Ex-Cook County judge, accused of stealing decorated Tuskegee Airman’s life savings, is ordered to pay $1.2 million

A default judgment was entered against Patricia Martin, former presiding judge of the Cook County juvenile court’s child protection division, after she failed to respond to Oscar Wilkerson Jr.’s lawsuit.

Chicago Sun-Times

Spaghetti western twist on World War II action

Another addition to a long list of action flicks based on World War II, Blood & Gold is the latest war film from Germany and produced by Netflix that blends action and treasure hunting adventure with the tropes of the spaghetti western.

Bangkok Post

Photos: Shangri-La Resort in Oklahoma to open new par-3 course, The Battlefield

The Oklahoma resort said it spent $15 million to build the par-3 course that honors military veterans.

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Forts Cavazos, Barfoot and Liberty — new names for army bases honor new heroes and lasting values, instead of Confederates who lost a war

One by one, the names of Confederate generals are being removed from U.S. military bases.

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Clinging bitterly to guns and religion

An iron curtain has descended on America

The Independent UK

Papa Jake survived D-Day on Omaha Beach, now he's a TikTok star

World War II veteran Jake Larson survived D-Day on Omaha Beach

Radio France Internationale

Macron hails next generation of Kieffer commando during D-Day commemorations

French President Emmanuel Macron commemorated the World War II Normandy landings in the company of 100 year-old Léon Gautier – the last living Frenchman to have taken part in the D-Day operation on 6 June, 1944.

Reuters

France's last surviving D-Day commando joins beach landing anniversary

Leon Gautier, the last surviving member of the French commandos who stormed the Normandy beaches defended by Hitler's troops in 1944, on Tuesday joined President Emmanuel Macron at a seafront ceremony marking the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

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The U.S.' top general reflects on the changing face of war, 79 years after D-Day

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, marked the D-Day anniversary in Normandy this week. He spoke to NPR about the modernization of warfare and what AI might mean for the future.

The Independent UK

Normandy marks D-Day's 79th anniversary, honors WWII veterans

World War II veterans, officials and visitors are commemorating D-Day on Normandy beaches to honor those who fought for freedom in the largest naval, air and land operation in history

Daily Mirror

Heart-warming moment World War II vet finally gets to walk the stage for college graduation

Fred Taylor, a 101-year-old man, walked into his graduation ceremony 80 years after leaving college to join the US Army during World War II, fulfilling his dream

The Independent UK

Remembering D-Day: Key facts and figures about epochal World War II invasion

The D-Day invasion that helped change the course of World War II was unprecedented in scale and audacity

The Independent UK

At Normandy D-Day celebrations, echoes of Ukraine's looming fight

There are no Ukrainian troops present at this year's commemorations of the 1944 D-Day landings in Normandy, which launched the Allied invasion of Europe and led to the end of World War II

The Independent UK

'It was tough': WWII veterans return to Utah Beach to commemorate D-Day

Dozens of World War II veterans have traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the decisive but deadly assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control

ABC News

The Garage Girls and the secret war machine which uncovered Japanese secrets

In a suburban Brisbane garage, young women decoded radio transmissions that changed the course of World War II. For the first time, their top-secret work on a panicked Japanese cable about a new type of weapon can be revealed.

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