Новости по теме World War II

Kazakh President Nazarbayev attends military parade in China President of Kazakhstan has visited the military parade in Beijing in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory.

04 September 2015

Tale of two parades as ordinary Chinese barred from display It was the best of shows, it was the worst of shows: as 12,000 troops and hundreds of tanks and missiles rolled through Tiananmen Square in front of invited guests and foreign leaders.

03 September 2015

Japan PM expresses WWII remorse, but not enough for victims Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed deep remorse Friday over World War II and said previous national apologies would stand.

15 August 2015

'Children of the aggressor': the Japanese war babies adopted by China Now 73 and sitting in his Tokyo home, Yohachi Nakajima fights back tears when he thinks of his Chinese adopted mother and the farming village he once called homeю

12 August 2015

Draft of Japan PM's WWII statement includes 'apology': report A draft of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II includes the word "apology".

10 August 2015

Pentagon still searching for its lost WWII veterans Long dead but little forgotten, US soldiers who disappeared across the globe during World War II are being reunited with their loved ones in a dogged push to find and bring home their bodies.

10 August 2015

'English Schindler' Nicholas Winton dies aged 106 Nicholas Winton, a Briton who saved hundreds of Jewish children in Prague from the Nazis in the run-up to World War II, has died at the age of 106.

02 July 2015

Atyrau International Airport to be named after legendary Kazakh female war pilot Dospanova The Atyrau International Airport will be named after the legendary Kazakh pilot Khiuaz Dospanova who participated in the Great Patriotic War (WWII).

14 May 2015

Putin defends notorious Nazi-Soviet pact Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday defended the infamous pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

11 May 2015

Queen Elizabeth marks WWII anniversary at London service Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attended a thanksgiving service at London's Westminster Abbey on the final day of commemorations.

11 May 2015

Attempts to distort history of World War II are unacceptable: Nazarbayev Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev criticized attempts of certain politicians and countries to rewrite the history of the World War II and emphasized the necessity to preserve the truth about those years.

11 May 2015

Kazakhstan celebrates 70th anniversary of Victory Today Kazakhstan celebrates one of the most important holidays – the Victory Day, which commemorates the end of the Great Patriotic War, as the WWII is known in the former Soviet states, and the win of the Soviet Union over the Nazi Germany.

10 May 2015

Celebration of courage and patriotism: 70th Victory Day Parade in Astana The grand 70th Victory Day parade has taken place in Astana in commemoration of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945.

08 May 2015

German FM marks WWII anniversary at site of Stalingrad battle Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier laid a wreath at the site of the Battle of Stalingrad.

08 May 2015

Counter attempts to glorify Nazism: Heads of CIS Heads of the CIS countries have delivered an address dedicated to the celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Victory Day calling the international community to counter attempts to glorify Nazism.

07 May 2015

Victory Day parade in Astana: entrance by invitation only The upcoming Victory Day parade celebrating the 70th anniversary will be open to guests with invitation cards.

06 May 2015

Russia to roll out Red Square military parade on unprecedented scale Russia is pulling out all the stops for celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany with 16,000 troops marching in a Red Square parade.

06 May 2015

Family, politics shape Putin's view of WWII anniversary Russian President Vladimir Putin grew up with tales of how his father battled the Nazis as a Red Army soldier and his mother lived through the punishing siege of Leningrad.

06 May 2015

Russia raises Stalin's ghost amid nostalgia for past glories Law student Mikhail Kosyrev used to have a negative view of Stalin but his attitude has drastically changed in recent years, he said, insisting the wartime tyrant meant well.

05 May 2015

Ten Russian bikers reach German border ahead of WWII rally Ten pro-Kremlin Russian bikers, part of a larger group on a controversial World War II victory ride through Europe, reached the German border.

04 May 2015

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