The Latest Breaking News from World War II

Lanarkshire pub forced to take down flag tribute to Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi

People branded the flag an 'insult' to those who died fighting the Japanese during World War II

Daily Record · Feb 11, 2022

Scots pub forced to take down Japanese flag for Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi after bizarre complaints

The pub came under fire on social media from some who have branded the flag an “insult” to British people who died fighting the Japanese in World War II.

Daily Record · Feb 11, 2022

Latvia passes long-awaited Holocaust restitution law

The bill includes funding to revitalize the Baltic nation’s Jewish community, which was almost completely wiped out during World War II

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022

What is NATO and what role does it play in the Russia-Ukraine crisis?

Formed in the aftermath of World War II to provide collective security against the Soviet Union, today NATO is the world's biggest and most powerful military alliance. This is what you need to know NATO and its role in the current Russia-Ukraine crisis.

ABC News · Jan 29, 2022

Bengaluru: Iconic image from World War II being replicated in Padmanabhanagar park

BENGALURU: One of World War II’s most iconic images — Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima — is being replicated in Bengaluru. The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by Joe Rosenthal is one of the most recognised visuals exemplifying US victory in the war.

The Times of India · Jan 28, 2022

Scottish families urged to light a candle remembering Holocaust victims

January 27 is Holocaust Memorial Day when people all around the world pay respect and remember the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 27, 2022

How three-quarters of French Jews survived the Holocaust, despite the Vichy regime

The fate of France’s Jews during World War II has become an unlikely topic of debate in the run-up to the French presidential election, exhumed by a revisionist candidate’s widely debunked claims that the Nazi-allied Vichy regime offered them protection. FRANCE 24 spoke to historian Jacques Sémelin, whose latest book…

France 24 · Jan 27, 2022

Holocaust Memorial Day as Scots urged to light a candle for victims tonight

The annual event remembers the six million Jews murdered at the hands of the Nazis during World War II.

Daily Record · Jan 27, 2022

Ukraine news – live: Putin warned of ‘enormous consequences’ as Biden says Russian invasion would change world

Kremlin has amassed forces to stage biggest incursion ‘since World War II’, says US president

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2022

Tonga volcano ‘hundreds of times’ more powerful than Hiroshima bomb explosion, NASA says

The undersea volcano that erupted off the coast of Tonga this month was “hundreds of times” more powerful than the nuclear bomb that hit Hiroshima in World War II, according to NASA.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2022