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Retired Navy photographer aims to captures World War II vets' images before they're lost to history

SAN DIEGO -- After retiring from a long career as a military photographer, Spring Valley, California, resident Mickey Strand began looking for some personal photo projects he could do to expand his portraiture skills. One of the subjects he landed on was an easy choice: photographing other local veterans who…

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Japan Protests Russia Move to Drop Peace Talks over Ukraine

Japan said Tuesday it "strongly protests" Russia's decision to abandon talks on a World War II peace treaty because of Tokyo's strong response to the invasion of Ukraine. "The latest situation occurred as a result of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, and Russia's attempt to shift the issue to Japan-Russia relations…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Refugee Exodus Surpasses 3.5 Million

The UN refugee agency says more than 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, passing another milestone in an exodus that has led to Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II. UNHCR reported Tuesday that 3.53 million people have left Ukraine, with Poland taking in the lion’s…

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Germany honors survivor of Nazi camps, 96, killed in Ukraine

Germany’s parliament has paid tribute to Boris Romanchenko, who survived several Nazi concentration camps during World War II but was killed last week during an attack in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv

The Independent UK

Skylark IX visited in Irvine as plans to move her to Dumbarton gather pace

Skylark saved the lives of hundreds of allied soldiers during evacuation at Dunkirk in World War II, before returning to Scotland and operating as a pleasure cruiser on Loch Lomond.

Daily Record

WWII Holocaust survivor killed in Ukraine's Kharkiv

He survived the Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II. He survived the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp in the same war. And the Bergen-Belsen camp.

Reuters

Japan protests Russia move to drop peace talks over Ukraine

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan said Tuesday it "strongly protests" Russia's decision to abandon talks on a World War II peace treaty because of Tokyo's strong response to the invasion of Ukraine.

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Commentary: The church I lead was struggling — then the pandemic hit. How we’re trying to survive

During World War II, sailors departing ships for shore leave would follow a beacon of light emanating from the steeple of San Pedro United Methodist Church. Upon arriving, they could take a shower, eat a meal prepared in our kitchen, maybe write a letter home.

Los Angeles Times

Japanese internment camp in Colorado named historic site

President Biden has signed a bipartisan bill designating a former World War II Japanese American internment camp in rural Colorado as a federal historic site managed by the National Park Service

The Independent UK

Remarkable photos of speedway race held at the end of World War II involving British troops and German PoWs set for auction

The family of Private Edward Walsh have decided to auction the photos along with his medals

Wales Online

VIDEO: Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade Fires Artillery In Nighttime Operation Against Russians

Brigade named after Prince Constantine of Ostroh traces its history at least to World War II.

Zenger

Commentary: Six steps the Biden administration must take now to prepare for the Ukrainian refugee crisis

We need to prepare now for the humanitarian disaster resulting from Vladimir Putin’s scorched earth war on Ukraine: the probable displacement of 10 million or more sudden refugees. We’re witnessing the fastest crisis displacement of innocent people since World War II, with more than 2 million documented Ukrainian refugees —…

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UN refugee chief in Kabul to say Afghans are not forgotten

The head of the U.N. refugee agency is in Kabul to tell Afghans they have not been forgotten — even as the international community scrambles to deal with the devastation of the war in Ukraine and a humanitarian crisis unseen in Europe since World War II

The Independent UK

Ladies to the front: the hidden history of women in Australian airforce bands

Military bands, with their shiny instruments, formal uniforms and precision marching are one of the most instantly recognisable symbols of a nation’s defence forces. As such, throughout much of history, their membership as been limited to men: Australian defence force bands only formally welcomed women into their ranks after the…

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Witness: Army attacks in eastern Myanmar worst in decades

A longtime relief worker says Myanmar's army is targeting civilians in fighting on a scale unmatched in the country since World War II

Chronicle Live

World War II devastation in South Shields and the same location today - in one image

On the night of Thursday, October 2, 1941, German bombs rained down on South Shields, killing 68 people, injuring 117, and making 2,000 homeless

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Living history: New Spielberg project anticipates questions to Holocaust survivors

DANIA BEACH, Fla. -- Ask Stella Sonnenschein anything.

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Guns, not roses – here's the true story of penicillin’s first patient

Albert Alexander was dying. World War II was raging, and this police officer of the county of Oxford, England, had developed a severe case of sepsis after a cut on his face became badly infected. His blood was now teeming with deadly bacteria.

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Editorial: California housing costs an obstacle for Ukraine's refugees

Russia's unprovoked invasion has displaced some 2 million Ukrainians in less than two weeks, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, making it "the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II." At our best, Americans and especially Californians take pride in our capacity to welcome the world's…

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The Ukrainian refugee crisis could last years – but host communities might not be prepared

More than 2 million Ukrainians – almost all women and children – have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, 2022. The sudden exodus of Ukrainian refugees is at a scale not seen in Europe since World War II.

France 24

‘Easier to survive outside cities’: Ukraine's countryside offers safe haven from Russian invasion

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered one of the largest population movements in Europe since World War II. As the Ukrainian army is fortifying the cities, many city dwellers have fled to the countryside, where they have discovered a rural population determined to resist for the long term.

The Independent UK

Ukraine war at 2-week mark: Russians slowed but not stopped

Two weeks into its war in Ukraine, Russia has achieved less and struggled more than anticipated at the outset of the biggest land conflict in Europe since World War II

France 24

Mother of all sanctions: Can the West do without Russian oil and gas?

Europe's first full-scale invasion of a sovereign state since World War II, a refugee crisis to match and an endgame sure to upend more than just the West's resolve: as the EU turns up the heat on Vladimir Putin, it's already asking citizens to turn down their thermostats. How will…

Radio France Internationale

Russian shelling forces 1.5 million Ukrainians to flee their homes

As Russia steps up its shelling of cities across Ukraine, the UN says 1.5 million people have now fled, the fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II. Attempts to evacuate civilians from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol have failed once again. Residents are without power or water.

Zenger

VIDEO: WWII Enigma Machine, Other Encryption Devices Dating Back To 1870 Scanned And Modeled

The Deutsches Museum in Germany is working to unveil the secrets of the encryption devices.

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