Japan's surrender in World War II: 5 things you must know!

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday vowed that everything would be done to find out who defaced a memorial for one of the worst single massacres in France by the Nazis during World War II.

Outrage in France after graffiti denying the Holocaust found at massacre site

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is paying tribute to veterans of the multinational World War II campaign against Japan, which formally ended 75 years ago some three months after Nazi Germany had been vanquished in Europe.

Victory over Japan Day: Boris Johnson pays tribute to World War II veterans

When he was sent to Darwin to "man the radar" in 1942, Lindsay Dufty was just an 18-year-old soldier. Shortly after he arrived, 240 Japanese aircraft bombed the port city in two raids on February 19, killing 240 civilians as well as Australian and U.S. service personnel. The Japanese sank eight ships in the harbour, according to Australian government records. Dufty, now 97, remembers seeing the Japanese pilots' faces as they bombed the city, the first ever enemy attack over Australian soil.

"We could see the pilots... grinning": WW2 veteran recalls Japanese bombing of Darwin 

World War II ended with US forces occupying Japan and the country's constitution adopted pacifism. "The japanese people forever renounce war and the threat or use of force.

Japan shifts gear to counter Chinese, North Korea aggression

July 25 in history: Tunisia gains independence, birth of world's first test-tube baby and more

Yuki Okinaga Hayakawa Llewellyn, who came to symbolize one of America's darkest chapters, has died nearly eight decades after being shipped to a US internment camp during World War II.

Yuki Okinaga, Japanese-American woman who symbolised World War II tragedy, dies

July 17 in history: First post-World War II meeting, downing of Malaysian jet MH17 and more

As Russia celebrates its 75th anniversary of the World War II victory, the country holds an exhibition of parade cars used by the country's military leaders from the 1940s till present, which also helps to see inspection cars that left a deep impression on people.

Russia parade vehicle exhibition grabs limelight ahead of Victory Day parade

A 100-year-old World War II veteran died on Thursday due to the coronavirus, as per the US media reports. According to the report, Philip Kahn fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima and helped with aerial surveys after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Newsday said Wednesday in its online edition.

World War II veteran dies of coronavirus a century after twin lost his life to Spanish flu

April 22 in history: Hitler accepts defeat, first Earth Day celebrated and more

An online holocaust memorial event in Germany organized by the Israeli embassy was disrupted during Zoom video conferencing after a survivor began sharing his story.

Online holocaust event on Zoom disrupted by anti-Semitic protesters in Germany

April 13 in history: First transport satellite launched, Jallianwala Bagh massacre and more

April 9 in history: First public art exhibition, Germany invades Denmark and more

US Navy will honour Doris Miller, an African American hero of World War II by naming a new aircraft carrier after him, the BBC reported. This will be the first carrier to be named after an African American.

In a first, US Navy names aircraft carrier after an African-American war hero

December 29 in history: From foundation of Hyundai Motors to introduction of two nation theory in India

Around 54,000 people were evacuated from the southern Italian city of Brindisi on Sunday as experts worked to defuse a World War Two bomb, authorities said. Corriere della Sera daily said the operation was the biggest peacetime evacuation in Italy, with more than 60% of the city's residents forced to vacate a "red zone" in a radius of 1,617 metres from where the bomb was found.

Italian city evacuates 54,000 people to defuse World War II bomb

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, an ardent conservative who worked to forge a stronger military alliance with the United States, died on Friday at the age of 101, an official at his son's office said.

Japan ex-PM Nakasone who boosted ties with US dies at 101

Chinese conglomerate Fosun has snapped up the Thomas Cook brand for £11 million ($14.2 million), weeks after the renowned British travel group went bust and left hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers stranded abroad.

Fosun buys Thomas Cook brand for £11 million

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received a fresh blow Saturday when senior minister Amber Rudd quit her work and pensions post in protest at his handling of the Brexit crisis.

Fresh blow to Boris Johnson, top UK minister Amber Rudd resigns over handling of Brexit crisis

80 years since World War II: Timeline of world's deadliest conflict

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has put more than 50 million won (around $41,000) of his own money into a fund investing in firms looking to replace Japanese suppliers, his office said Monday, as the Asian neighbours remain locked in a bitter trade dispute.

South Korean president invests in local firms fund amid Japan row

On June 22, 1944, in the middle of the historic Normandy campaign when the allies were fighting the Germans on a French beach, Indian troops fighting for the British Commonwealth handed Japan their biggest defeat until then in the twin battles of Imphal & Kohima in World War II.

Battle of Imphal & Kohima: India’s D-Day revisited

The human cost of the three-month conflict over Imphal and Kohima was immense. Thirty thousand Japanese died in the campaign, Of the 6,000 INA who fought, 2,000 died.

When Indian and British soldiers defeated Japan in World War-II

world-war-ii

World War Ii, News on World War Ii, stories on World War Ii, articles on World War Ii, World War Ii stories at Wion, World War Ii news, World War Ii latest news

world war-ii