Second world war era bomb fenced off with screens to defuse them (AP) COLOGNE: More than 20,000 residents were being evacuated from part of Cologne’s city centre on Wednesday as specialists prepared to defuse three unexploded US bombs from World War II that were unearthed earlier this week.Even 80 years after the end of the […]
The Netherlands celebrated the 80th anniversary of World War II (Image: AP) On May 8, Europe commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, the bloodiest war in the continent’s history. Tens of millions of people died, including 6 million Jewish people who were murdered by the Nazis and their […]
Russia marks 80 years since WWII with largest Victory Day celebration since Ukraine invasion (Photo: AP) Russia on Friday, celebrated the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat in World War II with a Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square.President Vladimir Putin marked the event with a display of tanks, missiles, and over 11,000 troops, […]
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (Left)US President Donald Trump (File Photo AP) The German Wehrmacht surrendered on May 8, 1945. This marked the end of World War Two in Europe, which had begun on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland; in Asia, it continued for a few more months until Japan’s surrender.Germany’s Nazi dictator […]
A Kremlin-declared three-day ceasefire to coincide with Russia’s World War II Victory Day celebrations began at midnight on Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order aims to mark the 80th anniversary of what Moscow calls the “Great victory.” The truce is set to run until the end of Saturday. Ukraine, however, has rejected the ceasefire outright. […]
Queen Camilla, joined by Prince William, Prince George, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, appears on the Buckingham Palace balcony to watch the flypast during the 80th anniversary parade commemorating V-E Day in London, Monday. (Image: AP) Source link
VE Day celebrations (Photo: AP) The United Kingdom kicked off four days of national celebrations on Monday to mark 80 years since the end of World War II in Europe, known as Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Festivities began with a grand military parade, street parties, and a Royal Air Force (RAF) flypast over central […]
Holocaust survivors participate in a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the return of the deportees, in Paris (Image: AP) In May 1945, during World War II, the Nazi forces of Germany officially surrendered, marking the end of the war. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Nazi surrender to Allied forces. As […]
File photo: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (Picture credit: AP) BELGRADE: Serbia’s populist president said Wednesday that he hasn’t changed his mind about attending Vladimir Putin’s victory day parade in Moscow next month despite great pressure from the European Union over his decision. European officials have warned Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that his visit to Moscow […]
PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII: A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly killed the pilot, but none of the battleship’s crew members were badly hurt. The Missouri’s captain ordered a military burial at sea with […]
