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Biden signs bill to honor WWII Ghost Army soldiers

Members of two top-secret World War II military units referred to as the “Ghost Army” will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal more than 75 years after their service, under legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden

The Independent UK

Elderly Ukrainians: ‘I was born in a war and will die in war’

Al Jazeera speaks to some of the 900,000 pensioners on the front line, some of whom survived World War II.

Al Jazeera

What is NATO and what role does it play in the Russia-Ukraine crisis?

Formed in the aftermath of World War II to provide collective security against the Soviet Union, today NATO is the world's biggest and most powerful military alliance. This is what you need to know NATO and its role in the current Russia-Ukraine crisis.

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Scottish families urged to light a candle remembering Holocaust victims

January 27 is Holocaust Memorial Day when people all around the world pay respect and remember the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II.

Edinburgh Live

How three-quarters of French Jews survived the Holocaust, despite the Vichy regime

The fate of France’s Jews during World War II has become an unlikely topic of debate in the run-up to the French presidential election, exhumed by a revisionist candidate’s widely debunked claims that the Nazi-allied Vichy regime offered them protection. FRANCE 24 spoke to historian Jacques Sémelin, whose latest book…

France 24

Holocaust Memorial Day as Scots urged to light a candle for victims tonight

The annual event remembers the six million Jews murdered at the hands of the Nazis during World War II.

Daily Record

Ukraine news – live: Putin warned of ‘enormous consequences’ as Biden says Russian invasion would change world

Kremlin has amassed forces to stage biggest incursion ‘since World War II’, says US president

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Tonga volcano ‘hundreds of times’ more powerful than Hiroshima bomb explosion, NASA says

The undersea volcano that erupted off the coast of Tonga this month was “hundreds of times” more powerful than the nuclear bomb that hit Hiroshima in World War II, according to NASA.

Tribune News Service

77 years after Auschwitz, Jews honor those who rescued them

Andrzej Sitkowski was 15 years old when his mother told him that she had been asked by a neighbor to hide a little Jewish girl from the Nazis at their home during World War II

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Putin warned of ‘enormous consequences’ as Biden says Russian invasion would change world

Kremlin has amassed forces to stage biggest incursion ‘since World War II’, says US president

The Independent UK

Leeds war hero, 98, can only afford to boil water for one cup of tea a day as energy prices soar

Jack Mortimer fought during World War II but has to switch off his hot water every other night to keep bills down

Leeds Live

Document found in Paris details aftermath of Soviet invasion of Manchuria

A document has been found in Paris describing the circumstances under the Soviet occupation of Manchuria (see below) following Japan's defeat in World War II.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Ukraine got a signed commitment in 1994 to ensure its security – but can the US and allies stop Putin's aggression now?

Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014 was the first change of internationally recognized borders in Europe through military force since World War II.

The Conversation

Editorial: Not being Donald Trump will not be enough for Biden in his second year

One year into Joe Biden’s first term as president, it’s safe to say that the Democrat’s performance has not met lofty expectations. His average approval rating, at 49% according to Gallup, is better than Republican Donald Trump’s was at this point, but that’s not saying much. Trump’s 38% was the…

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WWE Files Trademark for Ring Name Shared by Nazi Officer

“Gunther Stark” was the name of a Nazi U-boat commander in World War II.

The Independent UK

Cold case team shines new light on betrayal of Anne Frank

A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family

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