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Berlin WWII sexual abuse memorial leads to international row

A Korean NGO says it will sue the German capital's district, which ordered the removal of a statue memorialising sexual abuse victims during World War II after calls from Japan.

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New York to host replica exhibition of Anne Frank's hidden annex

The immersive installation will form part of the upcoming "Anne Frank The Exhibition" show at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan.

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'Churchill's Spaniards': The untold story of those who fought Hitler

A new book by Séan Scullion, "Churchill’s Spaniards - Continuing the Fight in the British Army 1939-46", tells the story of about 1,200 Spaniards who enlisted with the British army to fight Hitler in the war.

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German and Italian Presidents attend Marzabotto massacre anniversary

Hundreds of men, women and children were massacred by Nazi troops and local fascists for their support of Italian resistance fighters.

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80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden commemorated near Arnhem

Hundreds of paratroopers dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands on Saturday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of World War II's most daring — but ultimately unsuccessful — missions, Operation Market Garden.

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Dutch royals mark 80th anniversary of Netherlands' liberation

American troops from the 30th Infantry Division, known as Old Hickory, were among Allied forces that liberated parts of Belgium and the southern Netherlands from German Nazi occupation in September 1944.

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Dutch 'adopt' fallen US soldiers to mark 80 years since liberation

The Netherlands is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the beginning of its liberation from Nazi Occupation with a concert at a burial ground for American and Allied troops.

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Poland marks 85th anniversary of Nazi German invasion

In more than five years of brutal German occupation during WWII, the central European country lost 6 million citizens, or a sixth of its population, of which 3 million were Jewish.

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WATCH: Steinmeier asks for forgiveness 80 years after Warsaw Uprising

During the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier sought forgiveness from Poles, attributing wartime atrocities to German nationalism, imperialism, and racism.

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80 people evacuated as unexploded WWII missile found in Poland

The explosive device is known for its large field of fire, with military officials set a safety zone of 1500 meters.

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Israel's Holocaust memorial opens new conservation facility

The David and Fela Shapell Family Collections Center will provide organization and storage for 225 million pages of documents and half a million photographs.

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Is James Bond taking over London’s secret WWII underground tunnels?

The once secret Kingsway Exchange Tunnels are set to be transformed into a cultural space and open to the public for the first time since World War II. And rumours are that a 007 exhibit is part of planned transformation of the tunnels into an underground museum.

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100 year old US war veteran marries his 96 year old sweetheart

World War II veteran Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot inland of the D-Day beaches in Normandy.

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Biden calls for solidarity with Kyiv at D-Day anniversary in Normandy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended the ceremony in France to commemorate the D-Day invasion and seek aid from Western leaders.

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WATCH: King Charles III leads D-Day commemorations in Normandy

King Charles III and Queen Camilla honored the 22,442 British troops who died in the Battle of Normandy at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer on Thursday.

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Re-enactment of D-day landings marks 80th anniversary

A re-enactment of the D-day landings, on its 80th anniversary, takes place on Normandy beach.

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Spectre of European war stalks D-Day 80th anniversary

“There are things worth fighting for," said one World War II veteran. "Although I wish there was another way to do it than to try to kill each other.”

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Biden marks D-Day in France as Europe security under threat

The US president will mark the 80th anniversary of the World War Two invasion that liberated France from Nazi Germany.

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Europe gears up to mark 80 years since D-Day landings

D-Day, also known as Operation Overlord, remains the biggest amphibious operation in military history, involving around 150,000 Allied forces landing in Normandy on 6 June 1944.

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Mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off D-Day commemorations

2024 marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day but officials decided against playing host to the Russian president,