The Latest Breaking News from World War II

Commentary: The first year of war in Ukraine has defied predictions

If you told me a year ago that the Russian army would be performing as incompetently in Ukraine as it is today, I would have responded with a sarcastic chuckle. And yet, 12 months into Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II, this is precisely what has occurred. The Ukrainians…

Chicago Tribune · Feb 22, 2023

The ripple effects of Russia's war in Ukraine continue to change the world

A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked the largest conflict in Europe since World War II, the repercussions continue to reverberate.

WEKU · Feb 22, 2023

Hal Brands: Ukraine’s future is not in NATO

During World War II, the Allies started planning for the postwar era before victory was anywhere in sight. One year into Ukraine’s struggle against Russia, its time for Kyiv and the West to do likewise.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2023

China and the sovereign-debt time bomb

International capital flows have long been a major source of economic growth. Savings in higher-income countries have financed high-yielding investments in low-income countries, generating benefits for all. After World War II, capital flows under the Marshall Plan drove the rapid reconstruction of Europe, and after those countries recovered, they extended…

Bangkok Post · Jan 23, 2023

Calls for northern Australia's World War II legacy to be better recognised on the national stage

It has been 80 years since remote northern corners of the country were struck by Japanese bombs – but historians say many wartime stories from northern Australian are at risk of being forgotten.

ABC News · Jan 13, 2023

South Korea plans fund to compensate forced labor victims

South Korean officials are considering creating a domestic fund to compensate Koreans who were enslaved by Japanese companies before the end of World War II, as they desperately try to repair relations with Tokyo that have deteriorated in recent years over historical grievances

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023

Tributes to Neighbours actress who grew up in Wales

Her family moved to Wales during World War II

Wales Online · Jan 6, 2023

This WWII weapons bunker has a new mission: Sheltering a scientist’s insect collection

LOS ANGELES — A World War II-era weapons bunker in Irvine has a new mission — sheltering preserved insect specimens.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 5, 2023

African soldiers: France's forgotten war heroes finally given full pension rights

Thousands of African troops fought bravely in World War I and World War II, as well as in France's colonial wars, but many remain unaware of their sacrifice. There are just 39 Senegalese tirailleurs, or sharpshooters, alive today. They only gained French nationality in 2016, which gave them the right…

France 24 · Jan 4, 2023

As Vladimir Putin hammers Ukraine's power grid, Kyiv is preparing for a winter apocalypse while troops shoot drones out of the sky

For months, Vladimir Putin's forces have hammered Ukraine's power grid with drone and missile attacks, leaving millions of civilians living in squalid, freezing conditions. But in a forest near Kyiv, a platoon of soldiers in World War II-era trenches is fighting back.

ABC News · Dec 16, 2022