United Kingdom

Reporter who broke the news of World War Two dies aged 105

Clare Hollingworth, who was the first to report on the outbreak of WW2, dies in Hong Kong

10/01/2017

USA

Abe offers "everlasting condolences" at Pearl Harbor

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Pearl Harbor, offers his "everlasting condolences" to the victims of the 1941 attack on the US naval base

28/12/2016

USA

China says Pearl Harbor visit won't 'clear' Japan's wartime role

Ahead of his landmark visit to the site of the Pearl Harbor bombing on Tuesday, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has stopped at several memorials in Hawaii.

27/12/2016

USA

Japan's Abe in Hawaii for Pearl Harbor visit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in Hawaii, for a landmark visit to Pearl Harbour alongside US President Obama.

27/12/2016

USA

Pearl Harbor: What happened?

It was at 7:55 am local time on December 7, 1941 that Japanese planes launched a surprise and devastating attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

26/12/2016

Germany

54,000 evacuated as WW2 bomb found in Germany

54,000 people were evacuated from the city of Augsburg, southern Germany, after construction workers discovered an unexploded World War Two bomb on Christmas…

26/12/2016

France

360 video: The car that was made for Hitler

Adolf Hitler’s parade car is a Mercedes Benz 770k.

13/12/2016

USA

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.

07/12/2016

USA

US honours Pearl Harbor victims - 75 years on

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

07/12/2016

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.

23/11/2016

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.

21/11/2016

No Comment

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…

08/11/2016

Cinema

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

Desmond Thomas Doss, conscientious objector and hero

27/10/2016

Austria

'Hitler's house' to be torn down

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

17/10/2016

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.

29/09/2016

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.

19/09/2016

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.

13/09/2016

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.

03/08/2016

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.

03/08/2016

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

29/07/2016