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World-War-II

Academia 7 months ago

PREMIUM
A revolution, a rumor and a new poet's death

Attributing the death of poet Amir Hamzah in March 1946 simply to “social revolution in East Sumatra” is an historical injustice.

Asia & Pacific 7 months ago

Restored Nagasaki bell rings in 80 years since atomic bombing

"A crisis that could threaten the survival of humanity, such as a nuclear war, is looming over each and every one of us living on this planet," said Nagasaki mayor Shiro Suzuki.

Asia & Pacific 7 months ago

Hiroshima marks 80 years as US-Russia nuclear tensions rise

On a sweltering morning, hundreds of black-clad officials, students and survivors laid flowers at the memorial cenotaph, with the ruins of a domed building in the background, a stark reminder of the horrors that unfolded.

Academia 10 months ago

PREMIUM
Letter to the editor: Russian ambassador responds

The Russian ambassador has responded to the views of a Ukrainian diplomat, published in an op-ed piece on May 9, on the Soviet Union's collective World War II victory and Russia’s current actions in Ukraine.

Academia 10 months ago

PREMIUM
World War II in Europe: A war remembered – and repeated

When facts are manipulated, when the aggressor dresses itself in the symbols of justice and when war crimes are paraded as heroism, the world must pay attention.

Academia 10 months ago

PREMIUM
80th anniversary of victory over Nazism, preservation of historical truth

Today Nazism is once again rearing its head in Europe.

Europe 1 year ago

Thousands stranded as massive WWII bomb blocks Paris train station

Unexploded ordnance is still found across Europe, particularly in Germany where the ground remains riddled with it, 80 years after World War II.

Europe 1 year ago

Buried Nazi past haunts Athens on liberation anniversary

As Athens marks 80 years since its liberation from Nazi Germany in World War II this weekend, historians lament that a modest memorial standing in a former Hitler's secret police Gestapo headquarters is typical of the lack of attention paid to one of the most horrific periods in Greece's history.