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Malaysia finds 100 artillery shells on Chinese barge, says it likely plundered WWII shipwrecks

Malaysia’s maritime agency says a detained Chinese barge likely plundered two World War II British shipwrecks in the South China Sea after discovering another 100 old artillery shells on it

The Independent UK

World War II 'horror bunker' run by infamous Unit 731 discovered in China

A bunker discovered near the city of Anda in northeast China is believed to be the largest test site of Imperial Japan's infamous Unit 731, which conducted horrifying human experiments during the 1940s.

LiveScience

Two-thirds of millennials don't know which countries were victorious in WWII, study finds

Six in ten Brits believe they have a good knowledge of the global conflict - but just 36 per cent of 18-34-year-olds feel it is important to know about the war

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Millennials lack knowledge of World War Two - but just a third consider it important

Only 36% of 18-34-year-olds feel it is important to have a good knowledge of the global conflict - with two-thirds unaware which countries emerged victorious

Daily Mirror

Racing to save the stories of the last Holocaust survivors

Fewer than 50,000 survivors remain in the U.S. The very youngest ones are now in their 80s.

Axios

Irv Abramson, WWII Battle of the Bulge survivor and Honor Flight Chicago booster, dies at 97

Mr. Abramson, after decades of keeping it to himself, got to a place where he finally was able to tell his wartime tale.

Chicago Sun-Times

European team in Bangladesh probes genocide by Pakistan army in 1971

A European team was in Bangladesh for an international probe into countless killings by the Pakistani army in 1971 amid calls to declare the atrocities the worst genocide since World War II.

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When you'll be able to see Lancaster Bomber and Spitfire fly overhead in Nottinghamshire

Operating from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, the flight operates six Spitfires, two Hurricanes, a Lancaster, a C47 Dakota, and two Chipmunk aircraft

Nottingham Post

What History Wants You to Know About Its ‘FDR’ Docuseries

Programming SVP Mary Donohue says 32nd president’s substantial legacy offers takeaways relevant to today

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Memorial garden planned for Great Escape Spitfire pilot just yards from where stayed in Perthshire

Auchterarder residents are keen to commemorate war hero Flt Lt Alastair “Sandy” Gunn who was born and raised in the Perthshire town

Daily Record

World War II vet from Jamaica was modest, private man who volunteered in Britain's hour of need

A Jamaican man who volunteered for the Royal Air Force and flew bombing missions in World War II was remembered at his funeral as a dignified, gracious, quiet man with an old-school charm

The Independent UK

Ukraine offers reconciliation to ally Poland over World War II-era massacre

The chairman of Ukraine’s parliament has offered words of reconciliation over World War II-era mass murders that have strained relations with its neighbor and strategic ally Poland for 80 years

The Independent UK

Elon Musk Gives Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis a Helping Hand

The billionaire serial entrepreneur is a fan of the presidential hopeful, who is in trouble with major Republican donors.

The Street

Elon Musk Tries to Revive Ron DeSantis' Presidential Hopes

The billionaire serial entrepreneur is a fan of the presidential hopeful, who is in trouble with major Republican donors.

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Musk Uses His Star Power to Introduce DeSantis to the World

The billionaire serial entrepreneur is a fan of the presidential hopeful, who is in trouble with major Republican donors.

The Street

Elon Musk Has Disruptive Plan to Make Ron DeSantis Popular

The billionaire serial entrepreneur is a fan of the presidential hopeful, who is in trouble with major Republican donors.

The Street

Elon Musk Has a Plan to Make Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Popular

The billionaire serial entrepreneur is a fan of the presidential hopeful, who is in trouble with major Republican donors.

AFP

'Future Yugoslavs' emerge in Serbia to resist nationalism

Belgrade (AFP) - Every year, a small group of elderly people in well-worn World War II uniforms bedecked with Communist paraphernalia queue in Belgrade to pay their respects to their former leader, Josip Broz Tito.

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Hiroshima attack's last survivors watch as Biden pays tribute, but makes no apologies

HIROSHIMA, Japan — The patter of rain had subsided on a gray Friday morning as President Joe Biden and other Group of 7 leaders arrived at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, the first of two sites where American planes dropped atomic bombs in August 1945, laying waste to two Japanese…

Los Angeles Times

Tearful Harrison Ford surprised with honorary Palme d’Or at ‘Indiana Jones’ premiere

CANNES, France — “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” premiered Thursday night at the Cannes Film Festival and Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang and culture critic Mary McNamara were there, walking the red carpet, watching Harrison Ford tear up as he accepted an unexpected honorary Palme d’Or…

The Independent UK

G-7 Hiroshima summit: Who's attending, what will be discussed?

Leaders of seven of the world’s most powerful democracies will gather this weekend for the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, the location of the world’s first atomic attack at the end of World War II

The Independent UK

In Steve McQueen's 4-hour Cannes entry 'Occupied City,' Holocaust past meets Amsterdam present

In “Occupied City,” a young woman with an even voice narrates Nazi encounters and crimes throughout Amsterdam during World War II

Chicago Sun-Times

How a Chicago-area journalist helped prove an unassuming wristwatch once belonged to China’s last emperor

The Patek Philippe watch once owned by Emperor Aisingyoro Puyi is set to be auctioned May 23, thanks in part to the work of journalist Russell Working. It’s expected to sell for millions of dollars.

ABC News

Eighty years on from the Dambusters Raid — a mission so secretive the details were kept from the crews until the night before

Today marks 80 years since the Dambusters Raid during World War II, a mission so secretive the crews didn't even know their target until the night before.

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