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Heatwave drought reveals ghostly remains from WWII in stately home's garden

The record-shattering high temperatures seen earlier this week brought to the surface some fascinating sights at Markeaton Park in the East Midlands not seen since the Second World War

Daily Mirror

Decades after WWII, Chinese-American vet gets Congressional Gold Medal for his Army service

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — More than 75 years after his service in World War II, a 98-year-old Chinese-American veteran in Deerfield Beach received a Congressional Gold Medal to honor his service to the United States.

Miami Herald

WWII letter returned from Newcastle to Belgium

'Can you imagine her sitting there holding that letter, seeing her late mother's handwriting.'

Newcastle Herald

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WWII history kept alive at heritage-listed Fortress Fremantle's Leighton Battery, a window on wartime Perth

Built into a limestone hill in what's known as Fortress Fremantle, the Leighton Battery has munitions stores, secret command bunkers, and 360-degree artillery batteries with large-calibre guns. The history of these World War II defence structures is being preserved to remind us how close the enemy came to West Australian…

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PulitzerPrize- Winning Historian Details Pius XII’s Troubling Alliances With Mussolini, Hitler

New book examines the controversial WWII legacy of the pontiff known as “Hitler's Pope.”

Zenger

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

Liverpool John Lennon Airport's journey from WWII airbase to international terminal

RAF Speke served an important purpose during WWII and saw a landmark moment of the Battle of Britain

Liverpool Echo

Wall of secrecy: intriguing structures with a wartime link

A new exhibition reveals the fascinating stories behind some of the Hunter's intriguing military structures.

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Fortress Newcastle exhibition showcases Newcastle's critical role in World War 2

An exhibition showcasing Newcastle's critical role in defending Australia during World War II will be unveiled today.

Liverpool Echo

Couple buy WWII ship on eBay and save it from scrapyard

The couple has put around £35,000 of their money into restoring the ship after buying her last January

Newcastle Herald

Putin a 'heartless monster', says WWII refugee

'Now it's Russians, but with us it was the Germans.'

Benzinga

Why Is The EU In Danger Of stagflation?

Talks of a looming stagflation in the European Union have intensified over the past month as the region suffers from what many describe as the worst conflict in the continent in decades, threatening skyrocketing inflation, supply shortages, job losses and famine. Worst economic shock since WWII

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Biden Seeks New Sanctions, Help for Ukrainians in Europe

With Europe facing its most precarious future since World War II, President Joe Biden will huddle with key allies in Brussels and Warsaw this week as the leaders try to prevent Russia’s war on Ukraine from spiraling into an even greater catastrophe. Biden embarks Wednesday on a four-day trip that…

Liverpool Echo

Hidden WWII bunker in Liverpool where Prince Philip once trained

Western Approaches was the centre of control for Britain's Atlantic forces during the WWII

The Conversation

How a makeshift PoW chapel from WWII continues to connect Ukrainians and Britons

On the outside, it is a shabby corrugated iron hut. But 70 years ago, in the aftermath of the Second World War, this small shed in a rural southern corner of Scotland became a place of worship for a group of devout Ukrainian prisoners of war (PoWs). Today it operates…

AAP

Truce shouldn't end Russia sanctions: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Russia needs to suffer economic and diplomatic consequences with sanctions remaining in place for the long term.

Liverpool Echo

City's lost oasis visited by hundreds where Liverpool ONE now stands

The lost city centre gardens marked the start of the city's redevelopment after WWII

Daily Record

Plaque commemorating bombing of Dumbarton during WWII to be laid

It's part of plans to mark the 80th anniversary of the Clydebank Blitz.

ABC News

Northern Territory marks 80th anniversary of bombing of Darwin during WWII

It has been 80 years since bombs dropped by the Japanese devastated Darwin, killing and injuring hundreds and destroying much of the city. Today, thousands gathered to mark one of the darkest days in Australia's wartime history.

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