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World War II Vet, 100, Marries Fiancée, 96, in France amid D-Day 80th Anniversary: 'Beside Myself...
People via Yahoo News· 16 hours ago“I am beside myself with joy,” Terens tells PEOPLE ahead of his wedding day. “The mayor is marrying...
The Latest | Europeans go to the polls on the final day of voting for EU elections
WHIO-TV 7 Dayton· 2 hours agoVoters across the European Union are going to the polls on the final day of voting for the European...
A look back at D-Day: Why the World War II invasion remains important on its 80th anniversary
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days ago-boats were based, "existed only on the airwaves," wrote historian Stephen Ambrose in "D-Day: June...
The Latest | D-Day’s 80th anniversary brings World War II veterans back to the beaches of Normandy
Seattle Times· 3 days agoWorld War II veterans joined heads of state and others Thursday for poignant ceremonies on the...
World War II veteran, 100, weds 96-year-old bride near D-Day beach
Al Jazeera· 17 hours agoTogether, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. The location was the elegant ...
British women were banned from World War II combat. Read how they helped win the war.
The Christian Science Monitor· 5 days agoFor British women who came of age during World War II, the answer to that question is often: quite a...
As the world remembers D-Day, Western New York remembers the heroes of World War II
The Buffalo News· 4 days agoMaternowski’s story was retold during an event Wednesday morning, the day before the anniversary of...
The Forgotten World War III Scare of 1980
Foreign Policy Magazine· 2 hours agoOn Sept. 2, 1980, a U.S. government Special Coordination Committee met to try to determine how to deter a large-scale Soviet invasion of Iran. The...
Israel cheers rescue of 4 hostages as Hamas says raid killed 274
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoIsraelis on Sunday cheered the rescue of four hostages from war-torn Gaza while Palestinians counted...
This TV movie from the 1980s helped change the course of the Cold War. Here’s how ‘The Day After’...
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoThe four-part series is airing Sundays at 10 pm ET/PT on CNN. In November 1983, the US, Soviet Union...