US: 67 years later, WWII veteran gets 9 medals

Last Updated: Saturday, October 13, 2012, 14:30

An 86-year-old military veteran from suburban Philadelphia has belatedly received several medals earned for his service in World War II.

WWII bombing victims in China sue Japan

Last Updated: Monday, September 10, 2012, 18:56

Survivors of a series of bombings on a city in southwest China during World War II are seeking compensation from the Japanese government, more than seven decades after the incident killed nearly 40,000 people.

Hitler’s jailed deputy’s dog made to race by Brit soldiers during WWII

Last Updated: Friday, August 17, 2012, 19:24

A Greyhound, owned by Adolf Hitler’s deputy Rudolph Hess, took part in dog races almost every weekend in Wales during the war, a historian has revealed.

Poland: House evacuated over massive WWII bomb

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 18:57

20 people have been evacuated from a house after workers uncovered a 500-kilo World War II bomb under the sidewalk.

US recovers apparent remains of WWII airmen

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 11:41

US divers have recovered what appear to be remains of the crew that went missing nearly seven decades ago.

Silver worth $37 mn recovered from WWII shipwreck

Last Updated: Friday, July 20, 2012, 19:19

The haul comes from the SS Gairsoppa, which was hit by a torpedo from a German U-boat about 300 miles off Ireland`s coast in 1941.

36 WW-II British fighters found in Myanmar

Last Updated: Sunday, July 8, 2012, 20:27

The remains of 36 British Spitfire aircraft, which were secretly buried during the World War II in what was then Burma to prevent them from being seized by the Japanese, have been discovered in the country.

Nazi war criminals fled to S America after WWII

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 17:50

An estimated 9,000 Nazis, including Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann and Auschwitz Dr Josef Mengele, fled to South America in the aftermath of World War II post Adolf Hitler`s death.