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to ask leaders of ex-Axis powers to its WWII 80th commemorations, plus its renewed demand for reparations, reveals that outdated historic enmities are nonetheless poisoning Europe’s ambiance. ...

Having US and former Axis leaders attend the 80th anniversary of WWII, however not inviting Russia, exhibits the occasion in Poland has nothing to do with paying respects to historical past, and every part to do with present-day politics. ...

Nearly three-quarters of a century in the past on August 9, 1945, the US dropped a 22-kiloton plutonium bomb referred to as the “Fats Man” on Nagasaki. Learn Extra at mysouth.su ...

Within the autumn of 1944, 75 years in the past, the Pink Military reached the borders of the German Reich; cities akin to Minsk, Vilnius, and Brest having been liberated in July as Soviet forces swept ...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a historic go to to 3 South Pacific island nations, hyping fears of Chinese language affect to increase their protectorate treaties with Washington in what seems to be like ...

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has in contrast Europe’s perspective to Iran with the 1930s appeasement of Nazi Germany, after the EU international coverage chief stated Tehran’s enrichment breach wouldn’t set off the Iran deal’s dispute mechanism. ...

Calls for in South Korea for a boycott of Japanese items are choosing up steam after Tokyo imposed new commerce restrictions on high-tech exports, rekindling a dispute over compensation for victims of historic battle crimes. Learn ...

The director of the UN disarmament assume tank has stated that the dangers of a nuclear strike at the moment are greater than ever because the World Conflict II ended, partially because of the erosion of ...

A statue that pays tribute to an iconic picture of a US sailor kissing a nurse on the finish of WWII was spray-painted with a ‘Me Too’ hashtag – however was this acceptable activism, or the ...