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Pearl Harbor: America marks 75-year anniversary of Japan attack

Americans across the country have commemorated the December 7th 1941 attack on the military base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

USA

US honours Pearl Harbor victims - 75 years on

December 7, 1941, was a date that President Franklin Roosevelt said “will live in infamy”.

Netherlands

Anne Frank poem auctioned for 140,000 euros

A poem handwritten by Jewish schoolgirl Anne Frank has sold for a high price at auction.

Cinema

Pitt and Cotillard versus the Nazis and each other in "Alliance"

Alliance" WWII romance that looks for on-screen chemistry between Pitt and Cotillard.

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Moscow military march

More than 5,000 people marched along Red Square on Monday (November 7) to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the historic military parade held in Moscow on November 7…

Cinema

'Hacksaw Ridge' Mel Gibson's homage to a real life superhero

Desmond Thomas Doss, conscientious objector and hero

Austria

'Hitler's house' to be torn down

The house Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was born in is to be demolished by Austrian authorities.

Ukraine

Ukraine urges the world to remember the Babi Yar massacre

Ukraine has hosted memorial services to remember those massacred 75 years ago at the Babi Yar ravine.

Cinema

Cillian Murphy stars in Nazi-era thriller

Irish heartthrobs Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan ('Fifty Shades of Grey') star in WWII thriller 'Anthropoid', based on the real story of a 1942 plan to assassinate a leading Nazi officer.

World News

Former Nazi medic goes on trial in Germany

Hubert Zafke, a former SS medic accused of assisting in the killing of thousands in the Auschwitz death camp has gone on trial in Germany at the fourth attempt.

Germany

Hitler henchman Himmler's diary extracts found

The diary extracts contain chilling details of the SS leader's daily life, including family commitments and lunches at notorious concentration camps.

Japan

Japan: from diplomacy to a show-of-force?

Shinzo Abe picks a hawkish conservative ally as defence minister, prompting fears of ruffled feathers among Tokyo's Asian neighbours.

Poland

Pope Francis visits Auschwitz to pray for victims

Pope Francis paid a deeply contemplative and private visit to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau

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Protests over South Korea's 'comfort women' deal with Japan

Student protesters in South Korea show their anger over a Japanese government-funded foundation to support “comfort women” – females who were forced to work in Japan’s wartime…

Cinema

A trip down memory lane with re-release of French classic La Grande Vadrouile

In cinema summer is often a season to revisit the classics and enjoy cherished old favourites that we know by heart.

World News

Holocaust survivors welcome conviction of Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning

A former Auschwitz guard has been sentenced to five years in jail after being convicted over his role at the Nazi death camp, in what is likely to be one of Germany’s last Holocaust…

Japan

Protests ahead of historic Obama visit to Hiroshima

You are not welcome here in Hiroshima!

Russia

Russia and Ukraine mark Victory Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin has led celebrations in Moscow to mark the 71st anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War two. Holding

Russia

Russia marks Victory Day

There was no shortage of military might on show in Moscow on Monday as Russia marked the 71st anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in World War

Syria

Work at the Russian airbase Hmeymim in Latakia to advance the truce in Syria

The Russian airbase Hmeymim in Latakia is preparing to celebrate WWII Victory Day. Marking the anniversary comes after more than six months of air