The Latest Breaking News from World War II

Commentary: Italy’s new far-right leader won’t be able to shed European alliances

ROME — Since World War II, 30 prime ministers have presided over the 67 governments that have marked Italy’s uniquely unstable political life. On Sept. 25, Italians elected Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, into power. Meloni will be the first woman to lead the country,…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 5, 2022

Navy team detonates suspected World War II bomb discovered in Darwin Harbour

A team of navy divers detonated the suspected World War II mortar shell, after it was discovered during survey works last week.

ABC News · Sep 27, 2022

France tells Italy: let's keep working together

France said on Monday that it respected the choices made by voters in Italy after Sunday's election there ushered in the country's most right-wing government since World War II, President Emmanuel Macron's office said.

Reuters · Sep 26, 2022

Biden: Putin using nuclear, chemical weapons would lead to "consequential” U.S. response

“It would change the face of war unlike anything since World War II."

Axios · Sep 17, 2022

10 things to know about Queen Elizabeth II’s life

From her ambulance service during World War II to being immortalized by a Beatles song, Queen Elizabeth II has been the only monarch that most people in Britain have ever known

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022

To survive, democracy must have support from every American who cherishes it

Just last week, a group of historians warned President Joe Biden that today’s threats to democracy are similar to the pre-Civil War era and the homegrown sympathy for fascism before World War II.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 13, 2022

Protesters demand justice for the ‘comfort women’ of World War II on Global Action Day

Protesters took turns sitting with a replica of the “Statue of Peace” — or “Sonyeosang” in Korean — an artwork installed in 2011 outside the the Embassy of Japan in Seoul, South Korea, as a monument to the women.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 11, 2022

Human rights without handicaps

When the United Nations was built from the rubble of World War II, it would have been inconceivable for someone like me -- a young, black, gay wheelchair user -- to be considered for a top job in the organisation.

Bangkok Post · Aug 9, 2022

Polish Auschwitz survivor, novelist Zofia Posmysz dies at 98

Zofia Posmysz, a Polish World War II-era resistance fighter who survived the Auschwitz and Ravensbrück concentration camps and who later became a journalist and novelist, has died at 98

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2022

Poles mark 1944 uprising against Nazis; compare to Ukraine

Poles are marking the 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, a doomed revolt against Nazi German forces during World War II

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022