The Latest Breaking News from World War II

The Persistence of Great-Power Politics

What the war in Ukraine has revealed about geopolitical rivalry.

Foreign Affairs · Feb 20, 2023

An American submarine that went missing in World War II is found off of Japan's coast

The wreckage of the USS Albacore, credited with sinking at least 10 enemy vessels during the war, was identified, the Navy said — almost 80 years after it was presumed lost.

WEKU · Feb 19, 2023

The Militant Pacifists of World War II

War by Other Means tells the story of those conscientious objectors who did not cooperate with the government's alternative-service schemes.

Reason · Feb 18, 2023

Grandfather Pursues His Passion In Aviation After Building A Fighter Aircraft From His Garden Shed

The Grandfather built am impressive fighter aircraft from scratch that took him two years after the start of the pandemic.

Zenger · Feb 13, 2023

Antisemitic text was projected onto the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam

A display alluding to an antisemitic conspiracy theory was projected onto the former hiding place of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl whose diary notes the persecution her people faced during World War II.

WEKU · Feb 11, 2023

Huge blast after second World War bomb explodes unexpectedly in Norfolk

Norfolk police confirm ‘unplanned’ detonation of World War II bomb

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2023

World War II 'bomb' sends huge smoke plume into the sky after 'unplanned' detonation

A huge area of a seaside town was cordoned off for days after the bomb was discovered

Wales Online · Feb 10, 2023

‘Living legends.’ Fla. man, 101, honored for service as a first Black US Marine

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- George J. Johnson proudly served as a U.S. Marine Corps military policeman during World War II in the early to mid 1940s.

Miami Herald · Feb 8, 2023

Every Premier League club's all-time top scorer as Harry Kane breaks Tottenham record

Harry Kane has become Tottenham's record goalscorer, surpassing the legendary Jimmy Greaves, but some Premier League clubs have their scoring records still standing decades after being set

Daily Mirror · Feb 8, 2023

The U.S. Was Attacked By Balloons Before And Six People Died

A Sunday School picnic in Oregon ended in tragedy when a balloon-bomb exploded.

Zenger · Feb 6, 2023