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On This Day: U.S. begins daytime bombing of Berlin in WWII
In 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers flying from Britain began the first daytime attacks on Berlin. In 1953, Georgi Malenkov was named premier of the Soviet Union one day after the death of ...
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Volunteer searching for WWII dead in Japanese caves unearths remains of hundreds of people
He carefully places them in a ceramic rice bowl and takes a moment to imagine people dying 80 years ago as they hid in this cave during one of the fiercest battles of World War II. His hope is ...
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DOD removed, then restored, page about Bea Arthur's WWII military service
In March 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense removed a webpage reporting the history of "Golden Girls" actor Bea Arthur enlisting in the Marine Corps Women's Reserve during World War II.
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Huge unexploded World War II-era bomb found in crowded Paris residential area
A half-ton World War II-era bomb found near train tracks in a crowded residential area just outside of Paris unleashed travel chaos across the region Friday, prompting disruptions at Europe's ...
Sky24d
WWII bomb defused after forcing rail shutdown and Eurostar chaos in London and Paris
Eurostar services are expected to resume between London and Paris on Saturday after the discovery of an "excessively dangerous" unexploded Second World War bomb. The cross-Channel operator halted ...
The Aviationist29d
The Initial Aerial Victories of the Axis and Allies in World War II
In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial victories and aerial “firsts”, some involving unlikely and obscure ...
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WW2 bomb found in river destroyed by Navy
An unexploded bomb found in a river in North Yorkshire has been destroyed by specialist naval divers. North Yorkshire Police said the device was found in the River Ure over the weekend, between ...
BBC27d
Ex-soldiers retrace WW2 route in Jeeps for VE Day
A group of former soldiers from Dorset are embarking on a 1,600-mile road trip, retracing the route of Allied forces across Europe, in WW2 Jeeps. The Light Dragoons veterans will follow in the ...
People24d
Pentagon Wipes Records of Famed WWII Plane 'Enola Gay,' Named After the Pilot's Mom, Because 'DEI Is Dead'
One of the unexpected images flagged for removal is of a prominent WWII bomber aircraft called the Enola Gay, presumably because the name "Gay" was visible in the photos. The Enola Gay notably ...
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What we know about U.S. military's anti-DEI purge of WWII Enola Gay aircraft photos
In particular, Snopes readers asked us about claims that photos of the World War II aircraft Enola Gay were removed because of the word "gay." One social media post making the claim said ...
Yahoo News UK25d
What we know as unexploded WW2 bomb in Paris sparks Eurostar chaos
The station is a few minutes' walk from Montmartre and the Sacré-Cœur. Bombs left over from World War I or World War II are regularly discovered around France but it is very rare to find them in such ...