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MARC FABER ASKED TO LEAVE SPROTT BOARD AFTER RACIST REPORT
Veteran investor Marc Faber left the boards of money manager Sprott Inc... READ MORE›
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HUMANITARIAN CRISIS EVOKES EUROPES DARKEST HOUR
In Europe, we benefited from humanitarian assistance and the acceptance of refugees after the disaster that was World War II, Mr. Roth said... READ MORE›
EUROPE'S CURRENT ANTI-MIGRANT RHETORIC CARRIES ECHOES OF 1930S ANTI-SEMITISM
Even during World War II, let alone before it started, antisemitism was rife in American political and public life... READ MORE›
70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA
Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE›
AS ECONOMY FALTERS MILITARY PARADE OFFERS CHANCE TO BURNISH CHINAS IMAGE
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DRAMATIC HOSPITAL REUNION OF FRAIL SECOND WORLD WAR VETERANS MOVES CHINA
Mr Zhuang, who was admitted to a hospital in Shenzhen on April 15, told doctors of his military past last Thursday, setting in motion the dramatic reunion... READ MORE›
'WE CAN DO IT!' HUNDREDS DRESS UP AS WWII ICON ROSIE THE RIVETER
They'd just tentatively broken the Guinness World Record for most Rosies in one place since WWII... READ MORE›
WWII TANK WAS STASHED IN 78-YEAR-OLD'S CELLAR
Prosecutors meanwhile are investigating whether possession of the tank torpedo anti-aircraft gun and other weapons violates Germany's War Weapons Control Act... READ MORE›
V-J DAY: RARE COLOUR ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS PEOPLE CELEBRATING END OF WORLD WAR II
Video V-J Day rare colour archive footage shows people celebrating end of World War II... READ MORE›
'IRISH' TOURIST TAKES ON ANGRY MOB OF TURKISH SHOPKEEPERS
An action-packed video of a man described as an 'Irish tourist' street-fighting a mob of angry shopkeepers has surfaced in Turkey... READ MORE›
PICTURES OF WORLD WAR II IMPERIAL SHELTER RELEASED TO PUBLIC FOR FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS
The Imperial Household Agency on Saturday released the first images in half a century of an air-raid shelter where Emperor Hirohito and his ministers made... READ MORE›
THE REAL WORLD SMALL ARMS THAT INSPIRED THE WEAPONS OF 'STAR WARS'
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side Han Solo aboard the Millennium Falcon enroute to Alderaan... READ MORE›
NAZI UNDERGROUND SHELTER FOUND IN GOLD TRAIN TUNNELS
His conference was hosted by Walbrzych regional authorities, who said they have officially registered his information and are seeking state funds for the exploration... READ MORE›
US PRISONERS OF WAR HAD PARTS OF THEIR BRAINS AND LIVERS REMOVED DURING WWII, NEW JAPANESE EXHIBIT SHOWS
A Japanese university museum will break taboo with an exhibition on the infamous live vivisections of American POWs during the Second World War... READ MORE›
THE PICTURE THAT MOVED A WORLD
The tragic pictures of little Aylan Kurdi are certainly different... READ MORE›
HOW PEACE WAS NEGOTIATED WITH JAPAN TO END WORLD WAR II , IN PICTURES
VJ Day How peace was negotiated with Japan to end World War II, in pictures... READ MORE›
CHINA ADDS SIX YEARS TO SINO-JAPANESE WAR IN HISTORY BOOKS
The move is to realize the central government's will, said an Education Ministry official... READ MORE›
U.S. VET, 93, RECALLS SEPT. 2, 1945, SURRENDER DAY WELL, HELPED WIRE SERVICES SPREAD THE NEWS
Stephen Dennis remembers Sept. 2, 1945, well. It was the day the Japanese officially surrendered in World War II and the day he helped news organizations g... READ MORE›
DID YOU KNOW WALT DISNEY DESIGNED THE WORLDS WEIRDEST GAS MASK?
When World War II broke out, were Washington school children issued gas masks?... READ MORE›
70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA
Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE›
GROUP TO SEEK APOLOGY FROM BRAZIL FOR WARTIME OPPRESSION OF JAPANESE
SAO PAULO A nongovernmental organization in Brazil plans to demand that the government apologize for wartime oppression of Japanese members said Monday... READ MORE›
TOKYO PHOTO EXHIBITION SHOWS THE MANY FACES OF CHILDREN SINCE WORLD WAR II
A photo exhibition about postwar Japan opened at Tokyo International Forum on Saturday showcasing children at home and abroad from the end of World War II... READ MORE›
SECRET AUSTRALIAN WWII INTERROGATION CELLS FOR SALE
Japanese and German prisoners-of-war were questioned and enemy documents decoded at the once top-secret defence department site in Brisbane... READ MORE›
WHAT IS CHINA'S 'PEACE DISEASE'?
They put on military uniforms but in fact they don't know tactics, strategy, or war, they don't know how to fight a war, Colonel Liu says... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF PAIRS LOCK LIPS TO RE-ENACT 'V-J DAY IN TIMES SQUARE' SMOOCH
Photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt took the photograph as news broke that Japan had surrendered on Aug... READ MORE›
CHINA HOLDS REHEARSAL FOR KEY MILITARY PARADE MARKING DEFEAT OF JAPAN IN WORLD WAR II
Fighter jets flew low over Beijing on Sunday as thousands of soldiers from China, Russia and other countries rehearsed for a military parade next month com... READ MORE›
JAPAN TIMES READER CHERISHES WWII NEWS DISPATCH FROM DUTCH EAST INDIES
Accompanying them on the voyage were other Japanese citizens from Australia, New Zealand, Borneo, and the Dutch East Indies... READ MORE›
QUEEN ELIZABETH II, ROYALS ATTEND SPECIAL VICTORY OVER JAPAN SERVICE IN LONDON
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II led ceremonies in Britain on Saturday marking the 70th anniversary of the victory over Japan during World War II... READ MORE›
CHINESE FILM DRAWS ONLINE CRITICS FOR DISTORTING HISTORY WITH BOGUS MAO SPIN
Social media users blasted a new Chinese film Monday for depicting a summit of world leaders during World War II that embellished history by portraying rev... READ MORE›
WHAT IS CHINA'S 'PEACE DISEASE'?
They put on military uniforms but in fact they don't know tactics, strategy, or war, they don't know how to fight a war, Colonel Liu says... READ MORE›
FACES OF TRIUMPH AND DEFEAT AT ATHLETICS WORLDS
Japan asked China to retract the nomination of documents relating to the 1937 Nanjing Massacre for UNESCO's Memory of the World Register... READ MORE›