World War II
One dead as helicopters collide at Berlin stadium
Mar 21, 2013 07:26 EDT
One person died Thursday as two helicopters collided over Berlin's iconic Olympic Stadium during a police security exercise for operations against football hooligans, authorities said.
Seven US Marines killed in training exercise
Mar 19, 2013 18:45 EDT
Seven US Marines were killed and seven more wounded when a mortar round exploded while still in its launch tube during a training exercise in Nevada, the military said Tuesday.
Medals for UK sailors who kept up Soviet supplies
Mar 19, 2013 11:25 EDT
British veterans who braved enemy fire, freezing waters and brutal weather to keep open supply lines to Russia during World War II were on Tuesday honoured for the first time with a new medal.
US completes first MIA mission to Myanmar since 2004
Mar 19, 2013 09:50 EDT
The United States said on Tuesday that it had completed a successful first mission to Myanmar since 2004 to search for the remains of missing American servicepeople.
Fallen British soldier awarded rare top honour
Mar 18, 2013 11:23 EDT
A soldier killed in Afghanistan is to be awarded Britain's most prestigious military honour, only the 10th such medal since World War II, for leading a "supremely courageous" assault against Taliban snipers, it was announced Monday.
70 years on, Greek survivor recalls 'red sky over Birkenau'
Mar 17, 2013 14:48 EDT
Heinz Kounio was put aboard the first train to transfer Jews from the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki to the Auschwitz death camp on March 15, 1943.
Sweden bids farewell to Princess Lilian
Mar 16, 2013 12:18 EDT
Sweden's Welsh-born Princess Lilian, who waited three decades to marry her prince, was buried Saturday after thousands of Swedes paid their respects to one of the most popular members of the royal family.
Greek Jews commemorate Auschwitz deportation anniversary
Mar 16, 2013 11:00 EDT
Greece's second largest city Thessaloniki on Saturday commemorated the 70th anniversary of the first deportation of its Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Soldier killed in Afghanistan to receive Victoria Cross
Mar 16, 2013 00:18 EDT
A soldier who gave his life in Afghanistan in a bid to save his colleagues is to be awarded the country's highest military honour, it was reported Saturday.
S.Korea, China fault Japan on 'comfort women' at UN
Mar 14, 2013 14:30 EDT
South Korea and China on Thursday told the UN's top human rights forum that Japan must face up to its World War II-era sexual enslavement of women from across occupied Asia, but Tokyo insisted it had already taken responsibility.
Australia vandals steal Japan WWII submarine relics
Mar 14, 2013 01:49 EDT
Vandals have damaged the wreck of a Japanese mini submarine that famously attacked Sydney Harbour during World War II, stealing parts and protected relics, authorities said on Thursday.
New Jewish museum in Poland unveils synagogue roof
Mar 13, 2013 14:33 EDT
It is not as ornate the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, but a life-sized replica of the polychrome ceiling of an 18th-century synagogue inspired awe as it was unveiled in the Polish capital.
Last remaining member of Hitler assassination plot dies
Mar 13, 2013 06:29 EDT
Ewald Heinrich von Kleist, a former German army lieutenant who took part in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, has died at the age of 90, a think tank he co-founded said Wednesday.
New Jewish museum in Poland unveils synagogue roof
Mar 12, 2013 22:52 EDT
It is not as ornate the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, but a life-sized replica of the polychrome ceiling of an 18th-century synagogue inspired awe as it was unveiled in the Polish capital.
Austria marks 75th anniversary of Nazi 'annexation'
Mar 12, 2013 09:03 EDT
Austria solemnly marked Tuesday 75 years since German troops crossed the border unopposed on the early hours of March 12, 1938 and "annexed" Hitler's native country into the Third Reich.
John Kerry, America's European secretary of state
Mar 08, 2013 17:06 EST
His mother nursed the wounded in Paris during World War II, he biked around a divided Berlin as a boy and got lost in the London zoo, and he speaks French, German and Italian.
Bulgaria admits failing to save thousands of Jews
Mar 08, 2013 15:44 EST
Bulgaria's parliament for the first time admitted Friday failing to save over 11,000 Jews from territories under its control as it commemorated the start of deportations 70 years ago.
British troops to leave Germany by 2019
Mar 05, 2013 14:06 EST
British troops will leave Germany by 2019 -- a year earlier than planned -- ending one of the enduring legacies of World War II, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said on Tuesday.
Russia divided on Stalin 60 years after his death
Mar 05, 2013 10:21 EST
Russia on Tuesday marked 60 years since the death of Joseph Stalin with the nation divided about whether to view him as a tyrant who slaughtered millions or a saviour who turned the country into a superpower after World War II.
German museum returns art looted by Nazis
Mar 05, 2013 09:24 EST
A German museum for the first time on Tuesday returned a painting despoiled by the Nazis to the estate of a late German Jewish art dealer.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| World War II | |||||||
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 Clockwise from top left: Japanese forces in the Battle of Wuhan, British troops attacking during the Second Battle of El Alamein, German Stuka dive bombers on the Eastern Front winter 1943–1944, US naval force in the Lingayen Gulf, Wilhelm Keitel signing the German Surrender, Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad | |||||||
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| Allies | Axis powers | ||||||
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| Allied leaders | Axis leaders | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Military dead: Over 16,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 45,000,000 Total dead: Over 61,000,000 ...further details | Military dead: Over 8,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 4,000,000 Total dead: Over 12,000,000 ...further details | ||||||
| Date | September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 |
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| Location | Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa |
| Result | Allied victory. Creation of the United Nations. Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers. Creation of NATO and Warsaw Pact. Spheres of influence in Europe leading to the Cold War. (more...) |
