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Europe's devastating wildfires unveil deadly new threat - buried bombs from WWI and WWII

Droughts across Europe have also been churning up military vehicles and weapons from the era, with shrinking rivers revealing German warships, a Wehrmacht motorbike, and a bomb.

Euronews

Identification tags and bones: How experts are identifying WWII soldiers found in the Danube

Two Wehrmacht soldiers and a WWII motorcycle were recovered from the Danube in Budapest. Now, experts are trying to identify the soldiers using their military identity tags. Euronews spoke to those involved about the painstaking work of putting names to the remains.

Euronews

Remains of two Wehrmacht soldiers found in Danube: one served in Waffen-SS

A Wehrmacht motorbike is recovered from the Danube; underneath are the remains of two German soldiers with ID tags, one likely Waffen-SS. Experts now study the bones: how old were they and did they drive over a mine?

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Striking images: Wehrmacht motorcycle from Danube looks almost 'new'

The discovery of a motorbike wreck and the remains of two German soldiers is making headlines worldwide. Low Danube levels in Budapest exposed the Second World War machine, now cleaned and remarkably well preserved.

Euronews

Budapest’s low Danube exposed two German soldiers and a DKW military motorcycle; mud mixed with gas oil preserved identity discs after around 80 years

Unusually low water levels in Budapest’s Danube River have exposed Second World War remains hidden for around 80 years. Recovery teams found the bodies of two Wehrmacht soldiers, their well-preserved identity discs, a German military motorbike, anti-tank mines and other wartime objects near Batthyány Square. The finds could help identify…

The Times of India

Mystery solved: story of Wehrmacht motorbike found in the Danube

Record low water on the Danube has revealed in Budapest a perfectly preserved Wehrmacht DKW NZ 350-1 motorbike from WWII. Euronews investigates its role, its factory origins, when it may have sunk, and whether the dead nearby were its riders.

Euronews

Danube: Wehrmacht soldiers and WWII motorbike recovered after 80 years

The Danube is at such a low level that Second World War relics are resurfacing in Budapest: alongside a motorbike, the bodies of two soldiers have been recovered.

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Chance find in Nordholz: Nazi military Sturmgeschütz III assault gun unearthed

The almost completely intact vehicle was found during construction work in Nordholz. It is due to be moved to the German Tank Museum in Munster in August.

Euronews

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

Jewish raid in Paris: Missing photos finally give victims of the Nazi era a face

85 years after the first major roundup of Jews in occupied Paris, an exhibition at the French Embassy in Berlin is showing 98 photographs that were lost for decades. The find is particularly significant for 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Liliane Ryszfeld.

Euronews

Here's that free fan remake of 1999's PlayStation-exclusive Medal of Honor you were looking for

Medal of Honor Retro Remake blends bespoke game logic with assets from 2002's Allied Assault.

PC Gamer

Greece unveils WWII photo archive documenting Nazi executions of prisoners in Athens

The Greek Culture Ministry purchased the archive after a private collector attempted to sell the material online. Athens has now announced plans to digitise the photographs and study them as part of the historical record of the Nazi occupation.

Euronews

Man tells of pride as lost photos show his grandfather being led to Nazi execution

‘They went to their deaths with their heads held high so that we could be free today’

The Independent UK

‘We can see that courage’: Greece recovers long-lost photos of Nazis’ May Day executions

Culture ministry hails ‘exceptional historical importance’ of prints that show resistance fighters’ final moments

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Thousands of Poles forcibly conscripted by Nazis ended up fighting for the allies

Letters: Krzysztof Nowakowski and Dr Allan Dodds on the Poles who were forced to fight for Hitler in the second world war

The Guardian - UK

‘Our boys were forced into the enemy army to save loved ones’: the second world war exhibition dividing Poland

The Museum of Gdańsk’s project about the 450,000 Polish soldiers made to fight for the Third Reich has attracted rightwing protests, but others insist the country needs to reckon with its painful past

The Guardian - UK

Erotic mosaic stolen by Nazi captain in second world war returned to Pompeii

Wehrmacht officer gave relic to German citizen whose family contacted Italian heritage officials after his death

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: 80 years after World War II, Germany is still searching for its fallen soldiers

In a forest near Berlin, the remains of 107 fallen Wehrmacht soldiers were ceremoniously interred last week. High school students placed white gerbera daisies on small black coffins, and then German soldiers lowered them respectfully into a large, freshly dug grave as a military band played a solemn tune.

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The Independent UK

80 years after World War II, Germany is still painstakingly searching for its fallen soldiers

A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 years after World War II

The Guardian - UK

The liberation of Bergen-Belsen – archive, 1945

On 15 April 1945, British troops found more than 60,000 starving and seriously ill prisoners at the concentration camp in northern Germany. See how the Guardian reported events

France 24

Eighty years since D-Day: Remembering Normandy's summer of sacrifice

Between the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944 and the liberation of Paris on August 25 lies the Battle of Normandy. For three months, the Allied forces fought fiercely against the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany. From heavily bombed towns, to relentless artillery fire and hand-to-hand combat in the "Falaise pocket",…

The Guardian - UK

Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War by Jonathan Dimbleby review – the Red army’s advance into history

A fresh take on Operation Bagration, the colossal eastern front offensive in the second world war, is the author and broadcaster’s best book yet – and shows how next to the Soviets, the Germans’ worst enemy was Hitler

The Guardian - UK

Fortunes of War review – up-and-at-em spirit in tale of Brits on the run from the Wehrmacht

A bit of directorial zest, a serviceable lead and some Dirty Dozen energy are the only weapons in the arsenal of this otherwise plotless movie

The Guardian - UK

Skulls left scattered after Ukraine dam breach may be from second world war

Mudflats are littered with bones, some of which may be remains from battle 80 years ago near Nikopol

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Company of Heroes 3’s multiplayer is more strategic than ever

Veterans of the series should be excited about the upcoming game.

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