The Latest Breaking News from World War II

The US is building a new nuclear gravity bomb - with 24-times more power

The B61-13 weapon is 24 times more powerful than one dropped on Japan during World War II

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023

Rachel Maddow's Prequel Is a Deceptively Framed History of the Radical Right

The book blames foreign subversives for ideas long rooted in American life.

Reason · Oct 31, 2023

“From the river to the sea ...”

Slogan hurts Palestinians more than anyone.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 31, 2023

What is a war crime, and who gets held accountable? Here's what you need to know

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has led to accusations of war crimes on both sides, as combatants are bound by international humanitarian law to minimize the impact on civilians.

WEKU · Oct 20, 2023

300-year-old painting stolen by an American soldier during World War II returned to German museum

After going missing nearly 80 years ago, a baroque landscape painting was returned to Germany on Thursday

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

The World War II Jeep From 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'Band Of Brothers' Could Be Yours

The original engine received a complete rebuild earlier this year.

Motor1 · Oct 19, 2023

In Hamas' horrific killings, Israeli trauma over the Holocaust resurfaces

For many Israelis and Jews around the world, the horrors committed by Hamas militants during their stunning onslaught on southern Israeli communities is triggering painful memories of a calamity of a far greater scale: the Holocaust

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2023

How Bosnia and Herzegovina's post-war generation is dealing with the past

Bosnia and Herzegovina is home to three ethnic groups who were at the core of one of the deadliest conflicts on European soil since World War II. Twenty-seven years after that war, Selma and Danilo, who belong to different ethnic communities, talk about what it's like to build a future…

France 24 · Oct 13, 2023

A Black medic wounded on D-Day will be honored for treating dozens of troops under enemy fire

Family and supporters of an African American combat medic who tended to dozens of troops under harrowing conditions on D-Day are gathering in Arlington National Cemetery to posthumously honor him

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

UK veteran who fought against Japan in World War II visits Tokyo's national cemetery

A British army veteran who fought and survived one of his country’s harshest battles known as the Burma Campaign against the Japanese during World War II has traveled to Japan to lay flowers at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at a memorial ceremony on Monday to stress the importance…

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023