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Team of divers complete three-year mission to create 3D map of sunken World War II Japanese submarine

A crew of divers are hoping their efforts to map a sunken Japanese submarine off the NT coast will help solve long-standing questions about the vessel and help preserve final resting place of 80 submariners.

ABC News · Nov 20, 2022

Aviation enthusiasts grieve lost lives at Dallas airshow, wait for investigation

DALLAS — Saturday’s fatal crash of two vintage World War II planes that resulted in the deaths of six people sent shockwaves of grief throughout the aviation community. As the airshow season wrapped up the same weekend, how future shows will proceed in light of the tragedy is unknown.

Tribune News Service · Nov 19, 2022

Robert Clary, the last star of the 'Hogan's Heroes,' dies at 96

A French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II, Robert Clary began his career in entertainment as a nightclub singer.

WEKU · Nov 18, 2022

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Where's Putin? Leader leaves bad news on Ukraine to others

President Vladimir Putin wasn’t present when his top military officials announced on television that Russia was withdrawing from the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

Deadly missile strike adds to Ukraine war fears in Poland

Since Russia invaded Ukraine more than eight months ago, Poland has aided its neighbor and millions of its refugees

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

80 years ago, Nazi Germany occupied Tunisia – but North Africans' experiences of World War II often go unheard

Eighty years ago, in November 1942, the Nazis occupied Tunisia. For the next six months, Tunisian Jews and Muslims were subjected to the Third Reich’s reign of terror, as well as its antisemitic and racist legislation. Residents lived in fear – “under the Nazi boot,” as Tunisian Jewish lawyer Paul…

The Conversation · Nov 15, 2022

Dallas air show crash: Two retired pilots named among 6 killed during horror collision

Onlookers at the Dallas air show in Texas, US, were left in shock after a World War 2-era bomber and a fighter plane collided and crashed in a ball of flames during Veterans’ Day on Saturday

Daily Mirror · Nov 14, 2022

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Some recent fatal crashes involving vintage aircraft

The collision between two World War II-era military planes at a Dallas air show on Saturday was the latest in a long list of crashes involving vintage planes used or designed for military purposes

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Secrets of North Queensland's forgotten World War II history remain ocean deep

In Australia's biggest defence city, untold stories of Australia's of military history are still being uncovered.

ABC News · Nov 13, 2022

6 dead in Dallas air show disaster, authorities say

DALLAS — The mid-air collision between two historic aircraft at a Dallas air show on Saturday killed six people, including two deeply loved Keller-area men who had been pilots for decades, according to officials and friends of the victims.

Tribune News Service · Nov 13, 2022

6 people are confirmed dead after 2 planes collided mid-air at a Dallas airshow

News footage from the scene at the Wings over Dallas air show showed the crumpled wreckage of two historic military planes.

WEKU · Nov 13, 2022

Six dead in airshow horror crash after two WW2 planes collide in mid-air

The planes were a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2022

Six feared dead after military planes collide at Dallas airshow

Unclear how many were aboard aircraft at ‘America’s premier world war II airshow’

The Guardian - US · Nov 12, 2022

Some recent fatal crashes involving vintage aircraft

Saturday’s collision between two World War II-era military planes at a Dallas air show was the latest in a long list of crashes involving vintage planes used or designed for military purposes

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022

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Tribune News Service · Nov 12, 2022

Bucs become part of Germany’s long love affair with the NFL

MUNICH — The enormous square in the center of this German city is called Odeonsplatz, and Friday morning it was awash with visitors snapping photos and weaving through oversized helmets of all 32 NFL teams.

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022

Two aircraft collide, crash during Dallas air show

The Federal Aviation Administration says two aircraft have collided at air show in Dallas

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022

Auschwitz hero's son seeks millions for dad's 1948 execution

The son of World War II Auschwitz death camp hero Witold Pilecki is seeking millions in compensation from Poland's government for his father's post-war arrest and his 1948 execution by the communist authorities of the time

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 11, 2022

Veterans Day ceremony at Soldier Field offers resounding: Thank you for your service

“We’re well known now, us World War II vets, because there’s so few of us left. It’s very rewarding being here. I really enjoy this. A little old corporal like me,” said Bob Holbach, 98.

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Salon · Nov 11, 2022

15 facts to know about Veterans Day

Apostrophe or no apostrophe? How long should one observe the holiday? We've got the answers

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 11, 2022

Unlocking a painful wartime past through photographs

American Heroes: Portraits of Service, a permanent photographic exhibition, opened last week at Midway Airport.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 11, 2022

Hiroshi ‘Johnny’ Okura, artist who served with storied Japanese American WWII combat team, dead at 100

Its segregated soldiers served in “the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the U.S. military,” according to the National WWII Museum. In 2010, Congress recognized the 442nd by awarding its men the Congressional Gold Medal.

Al Jazeera · Nov 8, 2022

Climate artefacts: How Nazi warships resurfaced in the Danube

As water levels reached historically low levels across Europe in 2022, history emerged from its depths.

Chicago Tribune · Nov 8, 2022

In a recent WWII Days reenactment, some participants played the Nazis — we talked to them about why they do it

Someone has to play the bad guy.

France 24 · Nov 8, 2022

Allies’ successful first invasion but a ‘botched’ job: Operation Torch, 80 years on

On November 8, 1942, the Western Allies launched Operation Torch, landing in Vichy-controlled Morocco and Algeria to open up a second front in World War II. Torch was a paradoxical operation: The Allies won in just over a week, but losses were relatively high as the operation provided harsh lessons…

Bangkok Post · Nov 7, 2022

Hun Sen juggles global, regional politics

Who could have imagined that the world's longest reigning prime minister, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen -- or Prime Minister Hun Sen as he is more commonly known -- would stand in the front row defending Ukraine against Russia as the biggest war in Europe since World…

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