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Putin lays wreath to mark WWII anniversary

The Russian president laid a wreath at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier in Moscow

22/06/2017

Argentina

Nazi relics hidden behind sliding bookcase in Argentina

20/06/2017

France

France: Vandal damages General De Gaulle's grave

28/05/2017

Russia

Moscow marks Victory Day with shows of civilian and military might

Moscow has marked Victory Day with shows of strength from both civilians and the armed forces.

09/05/2017

Ukraine

Clashes at Kyiv "Immortal Regiment" ceremony

There have been scuffles between activists and police at a march in the Ukrainian capital marking the end of the Second World War.

09/05/2017

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Russia: Victory Day

The event, held every year on May 9, is an annual fixture designed to commemorate the Soviet Union’s victory over the Nazis in the Second World War.

09/05/2017

World News

Commemorations to mark the end of WWII across Europe

The end of WWII marked across Europe

08/05/2017

Germany

Hannover evacuated after several unexploded WWII bombs discovered

At least 50,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes in the German city of Hannover – so that several World War Two bombs can be defused.

07/05/2017

Germany

WWII bombs force mass evacuation in Hanover

Around 50-thousand people are being evacuated in the German city of Hanover on Sunday, so that World War Two bombs can be defused.

07/05/2017

Japan

Japan-Russia cooperation paves way for peace treaty

02/05/2017

Germany

1945 liberation of Dachau Nazi camp remembered

The anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau Nazi concentration camp in Germany is being marked.

29/04/2017

Poland

Holocaust Remembrance Day marked around the world

Israel came to a standstill on Monday as a two-minute siren wailed in remembrance of the Holocaust's six million victims.

24/04/2017

Hungary

Budapest 'March of the Living' commemorates Hungarian Jews killed in the Holocaust

Thousands of people took to the streets of Budapest for the ‘March of the Living’ – an event to commemorate the 550,000 Hungarian Jews killed in the Holocaust.

16/04/2017

USA

JFK calls Hitler "stuff of legends" in early diary

A diary written by a 28-year-old John F. Kennedy comes up for auction on the 100th anniversary of his birth

28/03/2017

Poland

Poland to seek extradition of US suspected WWII criminal

Polish authorities say they will seek the arrest and extradition of a US citizen suspected of committing crimes against humanity during the Second World War.

14/03/2017

Denmark

Schoolboy finds German WWII plane with pilot inside

A Danish 14-year-old has unearthed a German warplane from the Second World War while working on a school history project.

09/03/2017

United Kingdom

Londoners evacuated as quarter-ton WWII bomb found

Around 50 residents of an affluent London neighbourhood have been evacuated after construction workers uncovered an unexploded World War Two bomb.

03/03/2017

Cinema

'Land of Mine' opens door into corner of Danish history

Beneath a vast expanse of sand on the Danish coast lie thousands of deadly land mines.

13/02/2017

Greece

Greece: World War II bomb defused after Thessaloniki evacuation

An unexploded World War Two bomb was safely defused on Sunday after one of Greece’s biggest peacetime evacuations.

12/02/2017

Cinema

New German film addresses Nazi child 'euthanasia'

Director Kai Wessel's film 'Fog In August' ('Nebel im August') addresses a dark period in German history - the Nazis' "euthanasia" programme.

10/02/2017