News about World War II

Proud Russia remembers Stalingrad 70 years on The city of Volgograd was renamed Stalingrad for a day Saturday as Russia marked the 70-year anniversary of a brutal battle in which the Red Army defeated Nazi forces and changed the course of World War II.
03 February 2013 11:46
DNA test sheds light on mystery deaths A new DNA test can restore at least part of the identity of long-dead people who left no trace of their image.
14 January 2013 18:50
Canada strips citizenship of alleged Nazi war criminal Canada has stripped citizenship from a Ukrainian-born man it is seeking to deport for alleged ties to a Nazi killing squad in World War II.
31 December 2012 10:23
Asian student survivors of Hiroshima to be honoured Hiroshima University said Thursday it would bestow honorary doctorates on three former students from Southeast Asia who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city.
28 December 2012 10:03
Japan airport reopens with WWII bomb still there A huge World War II bomb uncovered near a busy runway was underneath a shield of concrete and sandbags on Wednesday as flights resumed at an airport in northern Japan.
01 November 2012 14:41
WWII bomb found near Japan runway halts flights A huge unexploded World War II bomb has been found buried near the runway of one of Japan's busiest regional airports, forcing all flights to be cancelled Tuesday.
30 October 2012 11:51
Muslims fear Serb win in Srebrenica vote will complete genocide Muslims from Srebrenica, the site of Europe's worst atrocity since World War II, fear a Bosnian Serb win in Sunday's local polls would represent "the final step of a genocide".
04 October 2012 17:54
Nazi air raid bunker hosts new Berlin art show Art patrons Christian and Karen Boros have thrown open the doors this week to their own personal World War II air raid bunker in Berlin, showing off gems from their 700-work collection.
19 September 2012 12:47
Christians, Muslims, Jews call for peace from Sarajevo Leaders of Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Muslim and Jewish communities Sunday made a pressing call for peace from Bosnia which was the scene of the worst atrocities committed in Europe since World War II.
10 September 2012 14:50
Madonna airs 1944 Warsaw Uprising clip amid concert row Madonna aired a World War II-era newsreel on the 1944 anti-Nazi Warsaw Uprising at the top of her gig in the city marking the day 68 years ago when the bloody insurrection was launched.
02 August 2012 18:28
VIDEO: Englishman in Shymkent with May 9 war song Kazakhstan singer Luina and Italian singer Son Pascal known in Kazakhstan for his Englishman in Shymkent clip have made a video timed to the Victory Day.
09 May 2012 14:02
Holiday fireworks will light up Almaty sky on May 9 Fireworks will be a part of the celebrations in Almaty on May 9 timed to 67th anniversary of the victory in World War II.
07 May 2012 21:14
PHOTO: Military posters exhibition opened in Petropavlovsk "Power of Word! Power of Spirit!" military posters exhibition has opened in Petropavlovsk.
26 April 2012 15:13
Kazakhstan WWII veterans to get free dental implants Veterans of the World War II in Kazakhstan will get free dental implants under Kazakhstan public healthcare development program.
11 May 2011 18:26
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