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  PM Modi lays wreath at Jam Saheb of Nawanagar's memorial in Poland | WATCH

  World | August 21, 2024 22:59 IST

  PM Modi paid homage at Warsaw's Good Maharaja Square, dedicated to Jam Saheb Digvijaysinhji, who offered refuge to Polish children escaping from the Soviet Union during World War II. He will also visit the Monte Cassino Memorial and the Memorial to Kolhapur family.

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  'Younger generation must know what we did': Mass parachute jump from World War II-era planes I VIDEO

  World | June 02, 2024 20:24 IST

  Three C-47 transport planes, renowned for their reliability during wartime, released three lengthy lines of parachutists. Their circular parachutes bloomed open against the backdrop of the azure sky adorned with fluffy white clouds, eliciting cheers from the vast audience.

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  'My god! he’s the greatest kisser': 100-year-old World War II veteran set to marry his fiancee

  World | March 12, 2024 23:55 IST

  The couple, who are each widowed, grew up in New York City: she in Brooklyn, he in the Bronx. They laugh at how differently they experienced World War II. She was in high school and dated soldiers who gave her war souvenirs like dog tags, knives and even a gun, trying to impress.

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  US announces to make B61 Gravity Bomb which will be 24 times more powerful than dropped on Japan

  World | October 31, 2023 15:13 IST

  The United States said it will pursue a modern variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, designated the B61-13, pending Congressional authorisation and appropriation.

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  China honours American veterans of World War II in a rare move to improve ties before Xi, Biden meet

  World | October 31, 2023 11:06 IST

  The latest development could be seen as an effort by the US and China to slowly restoring contacts that were broken off over the past four years, both by the coronavirus pandemic that restricted travel and the growing animosity between the world's two largest economies.

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  First clear views of World War II aircraft carriers lost in the pivotal Battle of Midway I WATCH

  World | October 02, 2023 13:22 IST

  Remote submersibles operating 3 miles below the surface conducted extensive archaeological surveys in September of the Akagi and the Kaga, two of the four Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers destroyed during the June 1942 battle, as well as the USS Yorktown.

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  Canada: House speaker resigns after he faces backlash for inviting man who fought for Nazi

  World | September 27, 2023 0:08 IST

  Just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an address in the House of Commons on Friday, Canadian lawmakers gave 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka a standing ovation when Speaker Anthony Rota drew attention to him.

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  Embarrassment for Canada as Russia fumes over giving standing ovation to man who fought for Nazi

  World | September 25, 2023 19:14 IST

  Amid widespread criticism, the speaker of Canada’s House of Commons apologised for recognizing a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II.

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

  World | April 23, 2023 12:11 IST

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

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  Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97

  World | December 08, 2020 20:55 IST

  Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the “right stuff” when in 1947 he became the first person to fly faster than sound, has died. He was 97.

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  75 years later, 1 million Japanese war dead still missing

  World | August 13, 2020 17:15 IST

  Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, more than 1 million Japanese war dead are scattered throughout Asia, where the legacy of Japanese aggression still hampers recovery efforts.

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  COVID-19 as most challenging crisis since WWII: UN Chief

  World | April 01, 2020 8:42 IST

  United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the COVID-19 pandemic is the most challenging crisis since the Second World War as it represents a threat to everybody.

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  Researchers find second warship from WWII Battle of Midway

  World | October 21, 2019 18:37 IST

  The Akagi was found in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument resting in nearly 18,000 feet (5,490 meters) of water more than 1,300 miles (2,090 kilometers) northwest of Pearl Harbor.

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  75 years of Quit India Movement: Facts about ‘August Kranti’ that changed the course of Indian War of Independence

  Life | August 09, 2017 13:55 IST

  The Parliament is today holding a special session to mark the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement

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  Nagasaki Day: Let’s commemorate the day when a 'Fat Man' killed 80,000 people on 9th August, 1945

  Life | August 09, 2017 13:18 IST

  The bomb was dropped using a parachute from an American B29 Bomber at 1102 local time. It exploded 1,652 ft above the ground and completely devastated the city.

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  Residents evacuated after WWII German bomb found buried in London

  World | March 03, 2017 20:27 IST

  People were evacuated on Thursday after a massive unexploded bomb was found buried on a building site in north-west London. Schools, businesses and homes were evacuated and roads closed as experts from the Army’s Royal

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  Bombs of World War II era found in Nagaland

  India | September 24, 2016 23:59 IST

  The bombs of the World War II era, that lasted from 1939 to 1945, has been recovered from PR Hill Colony in Kohima, officials said. The bombs were found from an ongoing construction site by

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  Bombs of World War II era found in Nagaland

  India | September 24, 2016 23:59 IST

  The bombs of the World War II era, that lasted from 1939 to 1945, has been recovered from PR Hill Colony in Kohima, officials said. The bombs were found from an ongoing construction site by

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  USS Independence: Underwater expedition off California finds sunken World War II-era warship

  World | August 25, 2016 18:26 IST

  Explorers have spotted a sunken World War II-era aircraft carrier, once used in atomic tests in the Pacific, along the California coast in an underwater expedition.

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  Now that Britain has voted to leave the EU, what comes next?

  World | June 24, 2016 19:45 IST

  London: Britons have voted to leave the European Union, their concerns about immigration and what some saw as the ever-increasing power of the 28-member bloc trumping the attraction of being part of a single market