World War 2

5,000 Kg Bomb Explodes Underwater In Poland, Hundreds Evacuated. Watch

Offbeat | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday October 14, 2020

A massive World War II bomb exploded during a delicate operation on Tuesday to defuse the five-tonne device in a channel near the Baltic Sea but no one was harmed, Polish officials said.

Rare Archives Show Patna Collectorate Link To Landmark World War 2 Event

Patna News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 13, 2020

Prayers were offered in temples, mosques and churches, and the poor were fed in the campus of the historic Patna Collectorate as part of events held in the city in September 1943 to celebrate the surrender of Italy during the World War 2, according to archival documents.

Hiroshima Day: "Free The World Of Nuclear Weapons," Says UN Chief

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Thursday August 6, 2020

Hiroshima Day: On August 6, 75 years ago the world changed - a US warplane dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan killing 1,40,000 people. At 8:15 am, on the ill-fated day, a US B-29 warplane, Enola Gay, dropped a bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" and destroyed the city and its people.

Watch: India's Tri-Service Contingent Marches In Moscow On Victory Day

India News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Wednesday June 24, 2020

A majestic tri-service contingent of the Indian military walked down the wide road at Red Square in Moscow as Russia celebrated Victory Day to mark the end of World War 2 in 1945. India's 75-member tri-service in their bright, crisp uniforms are seen in visuals marching at the Red Square alongside military personnel from 11 countries, including Chi...

Trump, Citing COVID-19 Crisis, To Lay Wreath At World War 2 Memorial

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 9, 2020

President Donald Trump evoked the coronavirus crisis ahead of a wreath-laying ceremony Friday at the World War II memorial in Washington to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe.

Coronavirus Pandemic "Most Challenging" Crisis Since World War 2: UN

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 1, 2020

The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic continued to worsen Wednesday despite unprecedented lockdowns, as the head of the United Nations sounded the alarm on what he said was humanity's worst crisis since World War II.

Urmila Matondkar Compares CAA With Rowlatt Act, Gets World War Year Wrong

India News | ANI | Friday January 31, 2020

Actress-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar on Thursday compared the Citizenship Amendment Act with the British era Rowlatt Act 1919, but got the year of the World War II wrong.

Nearly 14,000 People Evacuated In Germany After WWII Bombs Found

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday January 13, 2020

Two World War II-era bombs were made safe in the western German city of Dortmund after around 14,000 people were evacuated, the city said Sunday.

World War II Aircraft ''Silver Spitfire'', On World Tour, Lands In Nagpur

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 5, 2019

An iconic World War 2 aircraft ''Silver Spitfire'', which is on a historic world tour expedition, landed in Nagpur in Maharashtra on Monday.

Like Anne Frank, Polish Girl Kept War Diary. It Remained Locked For Years

World News | Rick Noack, The Washington Post | Thursday September 19, 2019

As the Nazis strengthened their grip on Europe in 1939, Renia Spiegel, a 14-year-old Jewish girl in Poland, turned to a new companion. "Today, my dear Diary, is the beginning of our deep friendship," she wrote on Jan. 31 that year. For more than three years, Renia documented her life in more than 650 handwritten and densely filled pages.

Germany Asks For Poland's Forgiveness 80 Years After WWII Outbreak

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday September 1, 2019

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier this morning asked Poland's forgiveness for history's bloodiest conflict during a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun, where the first World War II bombs fell 80 years ago.

The Day Ernest Hemingway Liberated A Bar In Paris

Offbeat | Agence France-Presse | Monday August 12, 2019

Even for Ernest Hemingway, a man whose bravado was matched only by his thirst, his liberation of the Ritz Hotel's bar in Paris was the stuff of legend.

Mysterious Explosion That Left 33-Foot Crater In Field May Have Been...

Offbeat | Alex Horton, The Washington Post | Wednesday June 26, 2019

A 33-foot wide, 13-foot gouge into the earth that began in the 1940s with an Allied sortie and ended Sunday morning in a massive blast in a barley field in central Germany.

WWII American Bomb, Found At Construction Site In Berlin, Defused

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday June 15, 2019

A 100-kilogramme US World War II bomb was defused overnight near Berlin's central hub of Alexanderplatz, police said Saturday.

World War II Veterans Recreate 1944 Parachute Jump On D-Day Anniversary

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday June 6, 2019

Veteran paratroopers who served during the D-Day landings of 1994 aimed high once more on Wednesday, repeating their feat and forgetting their age to mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion.