The Latest Breaking News from Second World War

Nearly 340 Falmouth Households Evacuated After Suspected Second World War Bomb Found Offshore

Cornwall evacuates 339 homes after a suspected 250kg Second World War bomb is found near Falmouth Docks, as specialists work to make the device safe.

International Business Times UK · Sep 23

'Pyjamas and Toothbrush Ready': Falmouth Residents Prepare To Evacuate as Bomb Squad Assesses Suspected WWII Missile

Emergency services and Royal Navy bomb disposal experts responded after a suspected unexploded Second World War munition was found at Falmouth Docks, prompting evacuations and wider land and sea restrictions.

International Business Times UK · Sep 21

Funeral of Second World War veteran told he was ‘hero’ to the world

Norman Irwin died at the age of 107.

Evening Standard · Sep 19

Danube River reveals Nazi warships hidden underwater for 80 years: Record-low water levels are exposing the World War II wrecks near Serbia

The Danube River has fallen to exceptionally low levels this summer, exposing the remains of Nazi-era warships that have spent more than eight decades beneath its waters near Prahovo, Serbia. The wrecks are part of a much larger graveyard of vessels deliberately sunk in 1944 as German forces retreated from…

The Times of India · Aug 13

Second World War veterans with combined age of 300 take off in Spitfires

The trio boarded the aircraft on Thursday morning.

Evening Standard · Aug 13

French wildfires expose cache of buried Second World War shells

Devastating wildfires in the southwest of France have uncovered a hidden cache of Second World War-era shells in the village of Le Porge, adding an explosive edge to an already dangerous situation.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 3

Low water levels: EU clears old Nazi warships from the Danube

Near Prahovo in Serbia, relics of the Second World War emerge when river levels are low. On the riverbed lie numerous wrecks of German warships scuttled by their crews in 1944 as they retreated from the Red Army.

Euronews · Jul 30

Why a WWII shipwreck laden with explosives is being dismantled in the Thames

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The Independent UK · Jul 14

Second World War gun recovered from river in Germany

The town of Forst in Lower Lusatia was almost completely destroyed during heavy fighting between the German Wehrmacht and the Red Army in April 1945.

Euronews · Jul 4

Hezbollah claims hits on Israel’s Iron Dome but videos show strikes on decoys

As the on-again, off-again fighting continues between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia has revealed its deadly FPV drone fleet: small quadcopters equipped with light explosives. Analysis of videos of the attacks suggests the Israeli army has turned to a Second World War-era trick to counter Hezbollah’s FPVs: decoys.

France 24 · Jun 26