The Latest Breaking News from World War II

When Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in an unprovoked act of aggression, many expected a quick victory. Six months later, the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II has turned into a grinding war of attrition. The Russian offensive has largely bogged down as…

Billy Brown put the flag up in the back garden of his property in Walker, Newcastle

Six months ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in an unprovoked act of aggression, starting the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II

Adolf Hitler was determined to take Stalingrad. Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union were equally determined to stop him, which resulted in some of the fiercest fighting of World War II.

The Second World War’s deadliest battle – and one of the most brutal of all time – started on August 23, 1942, when Adolf Hitler’s forces went all out to seize the city bearing Joseph Stalin’s name. If ever a battle was like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object,…

A handwritten note from 1935 is found tucked into an old ginger ale bottle after being discovered in the spire of a Brisbane school by heritage workers 86 years later.

A detective says he believes the son-in-law of a missing World War II veteran had some involvement in the 73-year-old's disappearance in north Queensland.

The history of whaling shows how humans have wreaked careless havoc on the ocean, but also how they can change course

Between March 2020 and March 2022, there were 11,400 self-reported hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the country. Almost half of Asian Americans who reported hate incidents also reported depression and anxiety, with 72% stating that discrimination is their biggest source of stress.

An inquest into a missing World War II veteran has heard that his son-in-law told a family friend that he killed the 73-year-old in Townsville.

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s Art Commission has set Sept. 19 as the date for a public hearing on a controversial proposal to place a statue in the city’s Queen Village section about the suffering imposed on Korean “comfort women” in the year leading up to and including World War II.