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'Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor': Trump's reply to reporter on Iran makes Japan PM uneasy

World | Mar 20, 2026, 12:18 PM IST

Notably, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was a surprise military strike against the US Pacific Fleet. Its goal was to cripple American naval power, enabling Japan to expand in Southeast Asia, ultimately drawing the US into World War II.

Brigadier General Paul Warfield Tibbets, the pilot of B-29

Paul Tibbets: The airman who piloted the USAF flight that dropped N-bomb on Hiroshima 80 years ago

World | Aug 06, 2025, 07:12 AM IST

Paul Tibbets was flying his B-29 Superfortress, which he had named Enola Gay after his mother. As part of his mission, Tibbets would go on to drop a nuclear bomb - 'Little Boy' - on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during World War II.

Researcher hunts for Hiroshima's missing on Ninoshima island 8 decades after atomic bombing

World | Aug 04, 2025, 08:19 AM IST

Rebun Kayo, a Hiroshima University researcher, has been regularly visiting the island in search of the remains of people. He recently visited a hilltop point, where he has been excavating since 2018 in search of remains.

PM Modi to visit Mazargues War Cemetery: Historical significance and India's connection

World | Feb 12, 2025, 02:18 PM IST

The Mazargues War Cemetery holds historical significance for India, as served as the base of the Indian troops in France during the First World War (1914-18). PM Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron will pay homage to Indian soldiers at the Mazargues War Cemetery later today.

Nagasaki Day 2024: 79 years of atomic bombing; All you need to know about history and significance

World | Aug 09, 2024, 06:07 PM IST

Nagasaki Day is celebrated on August 9 every year to mark the anniversary of the devastating nuclear attack by the US on the Japanese city during World War II, killing over 70,000 people. Friday's ceremony in Nagasaki was marked with the absence of Western envoys due to Israel's exclusion.

World War II veteran Harold Terens, 100, right, and Jeanne

Love not lost! 100-year-old WWII veteran marries 96-year-old fiancee near Normandy's D-Day beaches

World | Jun 08, 2024, 05:51 PM IST

Harold Terens, 100, and Jeanne Swerlin, 96, are both widows from earlier marriages and started dating in 2021. Terens was honoured during the D-Day commemorations in Normandy, France, having enlisted in the US Army in 1942 and repairing planes during the Allied invasion in France on June 6, 1944.

Parachutists jump from WWII-era planes into now peaceful

WATCH: Parachutists jump from WWII-era planes in Normandy to commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day

World | Jun 03, 2024, 09:23 AM IST

Thousands of soldiers from the US, Britain, Canada and other Allied countries took part in landing operations at Normandy on June 6, 1944, for the liberation of France from Nazi Germany. Veterans in their nineties are now returning to Normandy to honour their fallen comrades.

Biden looking at his uncle's name on the wall

Biden claims cannibals ate his war veteran uncle after being shot down during WWII. Is it true?

World | Apr 18, 2024, 11:04 AM IST

Irrespective of Biden's claim, the evidence claimed that his uncle, died on May 14, 1944, while a passenger on an Army Air Forces plane that, “for unknown reasons,” was forced to ditch in the Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of New Guinea.

Why does Adidas announce redesigning Soccer-Number four on Germany jerseys? Details inside

World | Apr 03, 2024, 12:28 PM IST

The design for the number four on Germany's national team shirts will be changed over concerns that the number '44' resembled the symbol used by Nazi 'SS' units, the German Football Association (DFB) said after a major controversy broke out on social media platforms.

WWII-era bomb safely detonated at sea after one of the largest peacetime evacuations in UK history

World | Feb 24, 2024, 06:42 PM IST

More than 10,000 residents were evacuated to ensure their safety as a military convoy transported the unexploded bomb through a densely populated residential area to a ferry slipway, from which it was taken out to sea.

'Deeply embarrassing': Trudeau after criticism for inviting Ukrainian veteran who fought for Nazis

World | Sep 26, 2023, 10:49 AM IST

The Canadian Prime Minister further warned that that the event may fuel Russian propaganda, as Vladimir Putin has alleged "neo-Nazi" elements operating within Ukraine.

Germany: World War II-era bomb dug up in Dusseldorf, over 13,000 residents evacuated to safety

World | Aug 08, 2023, 02:56 PM IST

Notably, it is not the first time an unexploded WWII-era bomb has been dug up in a large German city.

The memorial was unveiled at Montone in Italy's Perugia

Italy unveils memorial to honour Indian troops who fought World War II

World | Jul 23, 2023, 12:34 PM IST

The memorial is also dedicated to soldier Yeshwant Ghadge, who was killed during the war in Upper Tiber Valley during the Second World War.

The Hurricane aircraft were crucial in Battle of Britain in

Remains of WWII-era planes, sent to Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, discovered in Ukraine

World | Jul 02, 2023, 11:36 PM IST

The Hawker Hurricane fighters played a crucial role in defeating the attempts of Nazi Germany to invade the United Kingdom, shooting down over half of the enemy aircraft in the Battle of Britain, in a campaign led by the Royal Air Force (RAF).

Nazi concentration camp guard passes away

Germany: 102-year-old convicted Nazi concentration camp guard Josef S dies awaiting appeal

World | Apr 27, 2023, 08:00 AM IST

Germany: 102-year-old convicted Nazi concentration camp guard, whom local media have identified only as Josef S in line with German privacy rules, was sentenced to five years in prison last June but remained free pending appeal.

A team of explorers announced it found the sunken Japanese

World War II era Japenese ship sunk with 1,080 Allied prisoner of war found in South China Sea

World | Apr 23, 2023, 12:11 PM IST

The Montevideo Maru was transporting prisoners and civilians who were captured after the fall of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea.

A woman photographs a poster in memory of members of the

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: How Jewish leaders save 10k fellow Jews from gas chambers

World | Jan 27, 2023, 05:29 PM IST

As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday, historians, activists, survivors and their families are all preparing for the time when there will no longer be living witnesses to share first-person accounts of the horrors of the Nazi genocide during World War II.

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