#world-war-ii

#world-war-ii

Georg Baselitz, an influential German artist who was internationally known for his robust, often violent, Neo-Expressionist paintings, died today, April 30, at the age of 88.

The local council declined an application to install the statue after public consultation, with concerns raised about potential diplomatic tensions with Japan. The Japanese ambassador warned that the statue could cause division within New Zealand's multi-ethnic society.

The glass negatives have tremendous documentary value—not only for the museum and the collection itself but also for the public. They provide a crucial visual record of significant artworks that were lost.

The controlled explosion was ordered after specialists failed to remove the detonator from the explosive, which measured more than one metre in length, excluding the tail section.

In the spring of 1945, word of the Second World War's impending end has reached the residents of Amrum, an island off the coast of Germany.

For 81 years, the USS Torsk held its claim to fame as the last US Navy submarine to sink an enemy ship in combat. Then, a US Navy submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship on March 4 as part of Operation Epic Fury, sinking an enemy ship for the first time since Torsk's World War II battle in 1945.

Elizabeth Roboz Einstein's journey began on May 15, 1940, when she boarded the Conte di Savoia, an Italian steamliner, leaving behind her family in Hungary as World War II escalated. This voyage was not a luxury cruise but a desperate evacuation for many, including 600 Central European refugees fleeing the advancing German troops.

Hubener's main motivation, apparently, was that he wanted people to know the truth, hence the movie's alliterative title. It would be oh-so-easy to dismiss this film as maladroit Christian saviour-touting melodrama, however historically accurate it might be.

Trent Park House was transformed into a covert interrogation centre, where captured senior German officers were held in comfortable surroundings. Unknown to them, their conversations were secretly recorded using an extensive network of hidden microphones embedded throughout the house.

On November 10, 1943, the city of Recco was destroyed forever. Twenty-two bombers of the British Royal Air Force dropped 33 tons of explosives, attempting to demolish the railway bridge, an iconic element of the town and a crucial point for the supply of Nazi-fascist troops.

Martin Gillow describes his recreation of the SG-41 cipher machine as 'part digital preservation, part engineering archaeology, and part 'how on earth did this thing even work?''

Graham Greene announced that he was resigning from MI6. Kim Philby, his chief in Section V, MI6's counterespionage arm, blinked. Greene had played his part in tending the illusion.

The World War II submarine USS Lionfish was part of America's "Silent Service." Despite comprising less than 2% of all US Navy vessels during World War II, submarines like the USS Lionfish sank 55% of Japanese vessels in battle. This once-fearsome vessel is now a 311-foot-long museum exhibit, allowing the public to learn about its top-secret wartime operations. Take a look inside the USS Lionfish.

"I didn't do anything great, but I participated in something great. I think that's how we all felt,"

Although this work is considered a modern opera, the action in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay takes place during World War II. Two Jewish cousins work together to create an anti-fascist superhero, the "Escapist." They hope the comic book adventures they write inspire others to fight against Nazism. The three distinct settings where the plot unfolds allow the audience to experience New York City, Prague, and a comic book reality.

1. The very first iteration of Ronald McDonald was created by Willard Scott in 1963: 2. The two people depicted in Grant Wood's "American Gothic" actually exist. This is what they looked like: 3. This is Margaret Gorman, the woman who won the very first Miss America competition in 1921: 6. This is Conrad Veidt, the man whose performance in the 1928 film The Man Who Laughs inspired the look of the iconic villain the Joker:

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2025. There are eight days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 23, 1972, in an NFL playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders, Steelers running back Franco Harris scored a game-winning touchdown on a deflected pass with less than 10 seconds left. The Immaculate Reception, as the catch came to be known, is often cited as the greatest NFL play of all time.

These 1944 wartime copies of Lust for Life are scarce and the few which do survive, like our example, tend to be bashed up, because they were often kept in the pockets of US uniforms. The thin pages have browned after more than 80 years, since paper was in short supply and the books were only intended to last for the duration of the war.

During conservation work this year, specialists discovered seven bullet wounds, inflicted by German troops during the Second World War, in the copper of the Madonna and Child statue that stands atop Notre-Dame de la Garde in Marseille, the basilica crowning the city's highest peak. Known locally as la Bonne Mère (the good mother), she is said to watch over sailors, fishermen and all Marseillais.

When 15-year-old Shurina is cast as a kamikaze pilot in her school play, she embarks on an unexpected journey through history and loss. As she travels across Japan, she visits World War II memorials and hangs paper cranes in memory of schoolgirls forced to end their lives during the war. In Okinawa, as her final performance approaches, Shurina seeks the courage to honor the voices of the past.

Dictators like to move people around. Stalin, for instance. From the summer of 1941 through the fall of 1942, with the Russian front facing massive bombardment and Nazi troops on the ground, he decided to relocate civilians, and entire industries, to safer regions in the eastern Soviet Union. The Urals, Siberia, the middle Volga, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan eventually received sixteen million evacuees, perhaps the most ever moved across land by a single directive.

Her name was Iva Toguri D'Aquino, and she was born in Watts to Japanese parents in 1916 and had a degree in zoology from UCLA. She wanted to be a doctor. But she traveled to Tokyo in 1941 to care for a sick aunt, with disastrous timing. She made the trip without a passport, which doomed her desperate efforts to board a ship home as the war erupted.

As I get older, I guess I'm prouder that I could go and serve my country, and I did the best I could.

This year's Remembrance Day, which is held every Nov. 11 to honour those who have served and are currently serving in the military, marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Tuesday will also mark the 100th anniversary of the Toronto Cenotaph at Old City Hall. The memorial for those who died at war has been a site of remembrance since 1925.

British Asian families are being urged to record the experiences of relatives who fought for Britain for future generations as data reveals half the British public don't know that Indian members of the armed forces served in the second world war. The My Family Legacy project, backed by the Royal British Legion, is building an online archive of Asian veterans' experiences to raise awareness of the shared histories and sacrifices of Britain's diverse communities.

"an intense period of combat"

Lend-Lease (sometimes called Lease-Lend) was a programme of financial and material aid given by the United States to its allies during the Second World War (1939-45). Food, weapons, ammunition, and agricultural equipment were amongst the goods which crossed the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The value of Lend-Lease goods has been estimated at around $50 billion. Payment was expected from the recipient states, although there was flexibility on how much, in what form, and when this was to be given.