The untold story of the battle that helped end WW2 in Europe
Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...
WYSO Public Radio7d
In 1945, eighty years ago, no one knew how World War II would end
Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...
'End of an era': Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies
At 21, he was a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain, a three-month period when air force personnel defended the skies ...
The Economist10d
What to read about the end of the second world war
Pan Macmillan; £18.99 The last eight months of the war in Europe were among the bloodiest and most destructive. Adolf Hitler ...
Poppies to return to Tower for WW2 anniversary
A display of ceramic poppies will again go on show at the Tower of London, to "reflect on the lasting legacy of conflict" and ...
Okinawan bone digger searches for the remains of WWII dead and worries their lessons are unheard
Takamatsu Gushiken turns on a headtorch and enters a cave buried in Okinawa's jungle. The remains of some 1,400 people found ...
CounterPunch7d
Is This the Beginning or the End of a New Cold War?
Has the passage of time, the passing of the World War II generation and the distortion ... This could be the beginning of the end of the permanent state of war and Cold War that has held the ...
An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people. Excavation is not his ...
80 years after his death, WWII soldier and Columbia native laid to rest at Fort Jackson
Arthur Crossland Jr. was killed fighting German forces during WWII. On March 14, 2025, the Columbia native received a proper ...
Bank holiday to kick off four days of celebrations to mark 80th anniversary of WWII ending
On Friday, August 15, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in the Far East, a service will take place at the ...
USA Today16d
End of a mystery: U.S. Army Air Force pilot identified nearly 80 years after WWII crash
A U.S. pilot who was long considered missing in action after a failed World War II mission has been found. U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson of Wichita, Kansas, died in March 1944 ...