A latest survey from Poland displaying historical past as the largest explanation for discord with Russia might seem to be a ray of hope for future relations. It isn’t. The hole is key in nature and can't be simply bridged, if ever. ...

A Catholic Mass within the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina for Nazi allies executed on the finish of WWII just isn't a matter of non secular freedom, however the newest and most egregious in a collection of disturbing makes an attempt to rewrite historical past. ...

Europe’s main financial system, Germany, is bracing for a painful fallout from the coronavirus disaster that's prone to end result within the nation’s deepest recession within the post-war period. ...

France is more likely to see its worst post-war financial slowdown this yr as a result of coronavirus pandemic, a lot worse than it confronted in 2009 after the worldwide monetary disaster, mentioned the nation’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. ...

Moscow is to create probably the most intensive assortment of WWII paperwork, open to all individuals wherever, to as soon as and for all “shut the filthy mouth” of these in search of to rewrite historical past for short-term positive factors, the Russian president stated. ...

At the least 59 tombstones had been overturned and smashed into items by unknown vandals at a Jewish cemetery in Slovakia. Caretakers of the graveyard stated they'd by no means seen such a vicious assault, even below Nazi occupation. ...

A World Struggle II Navy submarine lacking for 75 years has lastly been discovered off the coast of Japan.

The newly-identified stays of a Texas marine killed in World Battle II at the moment are headed to San Antonio for a correct burial. Marine Corp Reserve 2nd Lt. Ernest A. Matthews Jr., 34, of Dallas, died whereas preventing Imperial Japanese Forces on the small island of Betio within the ...

Lawrence Brooks — a person thought-about to be the nation's oldest residing World Conflict II veteran — celebrated an enormous milestone in Louisiana final week: his 110th birthday. Brooks, born on Sept. 12, 1909, was honored on Thursday on the Nationwide World Conflict II Museum in New Orleans. Noticed with ...

Poland’s resolution to not invite Russia however to ask leaders of ex-Axis powers to its WWII 80th commemorations, plus its renewed demand for reparations, reveals that outdated historic enmities are nonetheless poisoning Europe’s ambiance. ...