The Latest Breaking News from World War II

Cannes Film Festival goes back to the future with post-Covid reboot

After two years of Covid disruption, the Cannes Film Festival returns to its traditional May slot for a 75th anniversary edition stacked with celebrated auteurs and Hollywood starpower, including Tom Cruise. The French Riviera gathering, which opens on Tuesday in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, promises to balance…

France 24 · May 17, 2022

Preserving traditions

Hidden in an alley near a train station, Kongleechongsun School had been out of use for years. For outsiders, it could easily go unnoticed. Founded over a century ago by merchants of Chinese descent, the school experienced many interruptions including state control. It was not until the end of World…

Bangkok Post · May 15, 2022

Okinawa 50 yrs since return / Unexploded WWII bombs remain daily threat in Okinawa

Even 50 years after Okinawa Prefecture was returned to Japan, an average of over one unexploded ordnance is found in the prefecture a day. In the past, unexploded bombs have detonated at construction sites, resulting in deaths and injuries. It is estimated that about 1,900 tons of unexploded bombs have…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · May 15, 2022

Ukraine's information war is winning hearts and minds in the West

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has dominated headlines since late February 2022. The war struck a nerve among Western audiences, evoking a high degree of support for Ukraine.

The Conversation · May 12, 2022

Biden signs Ukraine lend-lease act, a programme resurrected from WWII

The US has pledged tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine. With time of the essence, President Joe Biden signed legislation that was last used during World War II. We take a closer look at the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 and get analysis from FRANCE 24's International…

France 24 · May 12, 2022

The War in Ukraine Will Be a Historic Turning Point

But for History to Take the Right Path, America and Europe Must Work Together

Foreign Affairs · May 12, 2022

Movie review: ‘Operation Mincemeat’ a nicely crafted telling of fascinating slice of British deception during World War II

It is said that dead men tell no tales.

Tribune News Service · May 11, 2022

Japanese writer who documented WWII Tokyo firebombing dies

Katsumoto Saotome, a Japanese writer who gathered the accounts of survivors of the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in World War II to raise awareness of the massive civilian deaths and the importance of peace, has died

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022

'Thiaroye 44': New documentary explores 1944 massacre of West African soldiers

Thousands of West African soldiers fought for France against the Nazis in World War II. But on December 1, 1944, as many as 400 of them were murdered in cold blood: not by the Germans, but by the very French forces they fought alongside. The massacre near the Senegalese capital…

France 24 · May 11, 2022

Trudy Rubin: Putin’s Victory Day speech shows how Russia can be defeated — and how Ukraine can win

When Vladimir Putin stood on a Red Square podium Monday, at the annual celebration of the Soviet victory in World War II over Nazi Germany, he looked weak and defensive.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 11, 2022