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How Putin uses the USSR’s victory in World War II to rally support for him and the war in Ukraine
Victory Day, celebrated on May 9, is Russia’s most important secular holiday, reflecting its wartime sacrifice. But it’s also ...
Foreign Affairs15h
We Are Still Fighting World War II
World War II certainly brought the strands of world history together, with its global reach and its acceleration of the end ...
France 24 on MSN20h
German burials of Nazi war dead stir controversy over national memory
World War II ended 80 years ago this Thursday, but the remains of German soldiers are still being found across Europe today.
AP WAS THERE: Journalists chronicled the Nazi surrenders and end of World War II in Europe
AP reporters and photographers chronicled the Nazis' historic defeat 80 years ago this week. Allied forces brought World War ...
80 years after World War II, Germany is still painstakingly searching for its fallen soldiers
Across Europe, in forests, fields and beneath old farmland, the remains of German soldiers are still being found, exhumed and ...
The Slovak Spectator on MSN2d
Unknown WWII soldier leaves behind accordion that followed Eastern Front
A Royal Standart accordion with an unusual history is on display at the Gemersko-Malohontské Múzeum museum in Rimavská Sobota, southern Slovakia. Based on inscriptions on its back, the instrument ...
Smithsonian Magazine3d
Meet the Dedicated Volunteers Who Honor World War II’s Fallen American Service Members by Adopting Their Graves
Europe will commemorate the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany's surrender on May 8. But thousands of locals remain committed ...