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Destruction of Paddy the pigeon plaque 'senseless'
BBC via AOL· 11 minutes agoThe memorial plaque was vandalised at the weekend [WartimeNI] A plaque paying tribute to one of Northern Ireland's smallest World War II heroes has been...
Iowa schools have removed Holocaust, World War II classics under state's book ban law
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoSeveral Iowa school districts have removed books on the Holocaust and World War II in their efforts...
Trump Is Pissed Biden Reminded People of His Insult to Dead Soldiers
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 3 hours ago“[Biden] said I stood over graves of soldiers and I said: ‘These people are suckers and losers,’ the...
History in the air
Reading Eagle, Pa. via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoWorld War II Weekend completes another three-day run at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum near Reading Regional Airport in Bern Township. World
EU election results mapped: The far-right parties making gains across Europe
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoHer tenure has been described as the “most right wing” republican government in Italy since the...
World War II Vet, 100, Marries Fiancée, 96, in France amid D-Day 80th Anniversary: 'Beside Myself...
People via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn Saturday, June 8, Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin said "I do" in ...
100-year-old veteran marries bride, 96, after D-Day anniversary in Normandy
Today· 1 hour agoSwerlin of Florida got married on Saturday, June 8, in Carentan-Les-Marais, just a few miles from...
Black D-Day combat medic’s long-denied medal laid on Omaha Beach
Army Times via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoU.S. First Army Maj. Gen. William Ryan gently placed the World War II-era medal on the sand, close...
World War II veteran, 100, marries 96-year-old fiancée near Normandy’s D-Day beaches | CNN
CNN.com· 7 hours agoTheir respective ages — he’s 100, she’s a youngster of just 96 — made their nuptials an almost...
Germany still hasn’t reckoned with this Nazi atrocity
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoDuring the Second World War Canada punched substantially above its weight. More than a million...