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HK honors martyrs who fought against Japanese aggression

Attendees pose for a group photo during a wreath-laying ceremony honoring the martyrs who fought against Japanese aggression…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #HongKong #Japanese #Japaneseaggression #memorialmonument #SecondWorldWar #TsamChukWan #wartimemartyrs #wreath-layingceremony
https://www.europesays.com/japan/74820/

Woman arrested after second world war memorial in DC vandalized
By Edward Helmore

Suspect faces two felony charges after memorial filled with bubbles and spray-paint reading ‘Clean hands Dirty $’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/world-war-two-memorial-dc-vandalism

#WashingtonDC #USnews #USpolitics #UScrime #Trumpadministration #Secondworldwar #USmilitary #Worldnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

Woman arrested after second world war memorial in DC vandalized
By Edward Helmore

Suspect faces two felony charges after memorial filled with bubbles and spray-paint reading ‘Clean hands Dirty $’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/world-war-two-memorial-dc-vandalism

#WashingtonDC #USnews #USpolitics #UScrime #Trumpadministration #Secondworldwar #USmilitary #Worldnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

Woman arrested after second world war memorial in DC vandalized
By Edward Helmore

Suspect faces two felony charges after memorial filled with bubbles and spray-paint reading ‘Clean hands Dirty $’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/world-war-two-memorial-dc-vandalism

#WashingtonDC #USnews #USpolitics #UScrime #Trumpadministration #Secondworldwar #USmilitary #Worldnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

Woman arrested after second world war memorial in DC vandalized
By Edward Helmore

Suspect faces two felony charges after memorial filled with bubbles and spray-paint reading ‘Clean hands Dirty $’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/world-war-two-memorial-dc-vandalism

#WashingtonDC #USnews #USpolitics #UScrime #Trumpadministration #Secondworldwar #USmilitary #Worldnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

Memorial for second world war vandalized with bubbles and graffiti in Washington https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/world-war-two-memorial-dc-vandalism #WashingtonDc #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsCrime #TrumpAdministration #SecondWorldWar #UsMilitary #WorldNews

Memorial for second world war vandalized with bubbles and graffiti in Washington https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/world-war-two-memorial-dc-vandalism #WashingtonDc #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsCrime #TrumpAdministration #SecondWorldWar #UsMilitary #WorldNews

Memorial for second world war vandalized with bubbles and graffiti in Washington https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/world-war-two-memorial-dc-vandalism #WashingtonDc #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsCrime #TrumpAdministration #SecondWorldWar #UsMilitary #WorldNews

Memorial for second world war vandalized with bubbles and graffiti in Washington https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/world-war-two-memorial-dc-vandalism #WashingtonDc #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsCrime #TrumpAdministration #SecondWorldWar #UsMilitary #WorldNews

Memorial for second world war vandalized with bubbles and graffiti in Washington https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/world-war-two-memorial-dc-vandalism #WashingtonDc #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsCrime #TrumpAdministration #SecondWorldWar #UsMilitary #WorldNews

France’s complex picture of collaborating with and combating Nazis | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Some young French joined the armed Milice, who worked with the occupiers, and other fought in the Resistance, says Michael Rosen. And Anthony Lodge writes on Charles de Gaulle

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/11/france-complex-picture-of-collaborating-with-and-combating-nazis

#Secondworldwar #France #Europe #Nazism #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

France’s complex picture of collaborating with and combating Nazis | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Some young French joined the armed Milice, who worked with the occupiers, and other fought in the Resistance, says Michael Rosen. And Anthony Lodge writes on Charles de Gaulle

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/11/france-complex-picture-of-collaborating-with-and-combating-nazis

#Secondworldwar #France #Europe #Nazism #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

France’s complex picture of collaborating with and combating Nazis | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Some young French joined the armed Milice, who worked with the occupiers, and other fought in the Resistance, says Michael Rosen. And Anthony Lodge writes on Charles de Gaulle

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/11/france-complex-picture-of-collaborating-with-and-combating-nazis

#Secondworldwar #France #Europe #Nazism #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

https://www.europesays.com/ie/631096/ We need a wartime approach to the climate emergency – The Irish Times #ClimateChange #Éire #Environment #ExtremeWeather #IE #Ireland #Science #SecondWorldWar

Moment Ukraine’s Black Forest Brigade destroys Russian air defence command centre

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
#Ukraine #UA #Europe #Europa #EU #News #ArmedForces #COMMEMORATION #Horizontal #ILLUSTRATION #militaryparade #missile #PERIODCOSTUME #REDFLAG #SecondWorldWar #VICTORY
https://www.europesays.com/ukraine/26686/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/628238/ The US is shooting mirrors into space to redirect the sun. There may be a few issues – The Irish Times #Éire #ElonMusk #IE #Ireland #Science #SecondWorldWar #Space #SpaceX #UnitedStates

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries up
By Oliver Holmes

Unexploded ordnance and a military motorcycle also recovered owing to record heat and drought conditions

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/08/nazi-shipwrecks-emerge-europe-danube-dries-up-record-heat

#Drought #Europe #Climatecrisis #Environment #Worldnews #Extremeheat #Hungary #Slovakia #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #OliverHolmes

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries up
By Oliver Holmes

Unexploded ordnance and a military motorcycle also recovered owing to record heat and drought conditions

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/08/nazi-shipwrecks-emerge-europe-danube-dries-up-record-heat

#Drought #Europe #Climatecrisis #Environment #Worldnews #Extremeheat #Hungary #Slovakia #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #OliverHolmes

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries up
By Oliver Holmes

Unexploded ordnance and a military motorcycle also recovered owing to record heat and drought conditions

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/08/nazi-shipwrecks-emerge-europe-danube-dries-up-record-heat

#Drought #Europe #Climatecrisis #Environment #Worldnews #Extremeheat #Hungary #Slovakia #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #OliverHolmes

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries ups https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/08/nazi-shipwrecks-emerge-europe-danube-dries-up-record-heat #Drought #Europe #ClimateCrisis #Environment #WorldNews #ExtremeHeat #Hungary #Slovakia #SecondWorldWar

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries ups https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/08/nazi-shipwrecks-emerge-europe-danube-dries-up-record-heat #Drought #Europe #ClimateCrisis #Environment #WorldNews #ExtremeHeat #Hungary #Slovakia #SecondWorldWar

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries ups https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/08/nazi-shipwrecks-emerge-europe-danube-dries-up-record-heat #Drought #Europe #ClimateCrisis #Environment #WorldNews #ExtremeHeat #Hungary #Slovakia #SecondWorldWar

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries ups https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/08/nazi-shipwrecks-emerge-europe-danube-dries-up-record-heat #Drought #Europe #ClimateCrisis #Environment #WorldNews #ExtremeHeat #Hungary #Slovakia #SecondWorldWar

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries ups https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/08/nazi-shipwrecks-emerge-europe-danube-dries-up-record-heat #Drought #Europe #ClimateCrisis #Environment #WorldNews #ExtremeHeat #Hungary #Slovakia #SecondWorldWar

We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein
By Seth Klein

While many leaders compare the wildfire crisis to the second world war, governments fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime action

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/wildfires-europe-world-war-two

#Climatecrisis #USnews #Environment #Worldnews #Europe #Canada #Wildfires #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #SethKlein

We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein
By Seth Klein

While many leaders compare the wildfire crisis to the second world war, governments fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime action

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/wildfires-europe-world-war-two

#Climatecrisis #USnews #Environment #Worldnews #Europe #Canada #Wildfires #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #SethKlein

We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein
By Seth Klein

While many leaders compare the wildfire crisis to the second world war, governments fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime action

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/wildfires-europe-world-war-two

#Climatecrisis #USnews #Environment #Worldnews #Europe #Canada #Wildfires #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #SethKlein

We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/wildfires-europe-world-war-two #ClimateCrisis #UsNews #Environment #WorldNews #Europe #Canada #Wildfires #SecondWorldWar

We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/wildfires-europe-world-war-two #ClimateCrisis #UsNews #Environment #WorldNews #Europe #Canada #Wildfires #SecondWorldWar

We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/wildfires-europe-world-war-two #ClimateCrisis #UsNews #Environment #WorldNews #Europe #Canada #Wildfires #SecondWorldWar

We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/wildfires-europe-world-war-two #ClimateCrisis #UsNews #Environment #WorldNews #Europe #Canada #Wildfires #SecondWorldWar

We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/wildfires-europe-world-war-two #ClimateCrisis #UsNews #Environment #WorldNews #Europe #Canada #Wildfires #SecondWorldWar

The Guardian view on French cinema’s De Gaulle moment: present anxieties inform a new focus on the past | Editorial
By Editorial

A wave of films dealing with the second world war is captivating a nation facing major contemporary challenges

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/the-guardian-view-on-french-cinemas-de-gaulle-moment-present-anxieties-inform-a-new-focus-on-the-past

#CharlesdeGaulle #CinemaParadiso #Film #France #Europe #Culture #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #Editorial

The Guardian view on French cinema’s De Gaulle moment: present anxieties inform a new focus on the past | Editorial
By Editorial

A wave of films dealing with the second world war is captivating a nation facing major contemporary challenges

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/the-guardian-view-on-french-cinemas-de-gaulle-moment-present-anxieties-inform-a-new-focus-on-the-past

#CharlesdeGaulle #CinemaParadiso #Film #France #Europe #Culture #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #Editorial

The Guardian view on French cinema’s De Gaulle moment: present anxieties inform a new focus on the past | Editorial
By Editorial

A wave of films dealing with the second world war is captivating a nation facing major contemporary challenges

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/the-guardian-view-on-french-cinemas-de-gaulle-moment-present-anxieties-inform-a-new-focus-on-the-past

#CharlesdeGaulle #CinemaParadiso #Film #France #Europe #Culture #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #Editorial

Himmler’s ‘anti-Nazi’ masseur: exposing the lies and fantasies of the SS chief’s ‘magic Buddha’
By Geoffrey Macnab

Felix Kersten, the personal therapist of Hitler’s principal enforcer, claimed to have saved countless lives from the Holocaust. A new feature film exposes him as a narcissist prone to myth-making

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/himmlers-anti-nazi-masseur-exposing-the-lies-and-fantasies-of-the-ss-chiefs-magic-buddha

#Film #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Culture #Secondworldwar #Nazism #TheGuardian #GeoffreyMacnab

Himmler’s ‘anti-Nazi’ masseur: exposing the lies and fantasies of the SS chief’s ‘magic Buddha’
By Geoffrey Macnab

Felix Kersten, the personal therapist of Hitler’s principal enforcer, claimed to have saved countless lives from the Holocaust. A new feature film exposes him as a narcissist prone to myth-making

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/himmlers-anti-nazi-masseur-exposing-the-lies-and-fantasies-of-the-ss-chiefs-magic-buddha

#Film #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Culture #Secondworldwar #Nazism #TheGuardian #GeoffreyMacnab

Himmler’s ‘anti-Nazi’ masseur: exposing the lies and fantasies of the SS chief’s ‘magic Buddha’
By Geoffrey Macnab

Felix Kersten, the personal therapist of Hitler’s principal enforcer, claimed to have saved countless lives from the Holocaust. A new feature film exposes him as a narcissist prone to myth-making

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/himmlers-anti-nazi-masseur-exposing-the-lies-and-fantasies-of-the-ss-chiefs-magic-buddha

#Film #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Culture #Secondworldwar #Nazism #TheGuardian #GeoffreyMacnab

Lucky Strike review – likably manly Scott Eastwood fights his way home in second world war yarn
By Leslie Felperin

Scott (son of Clint) is a wounded soldier behind enemy lines in this competent thriller with tense set pieces and clunky passages

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/04/lucky-strike-review-scott-eastwood

#Film #Warfilms #Actionandadventurefilms #Secondworldwar #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

Lucky Strike review – likably manly Scott Eastwood fights his way home in second world war yarn
By Leslie Felperin

Scott (son of Clint) is a wounded soldier behind enemy lines in this competent thriller with tense set pieces and clunky passages

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/04/lucky-strike-review-scott-eastwood

#Film #Warfilms #Actionandadventurefilms #Secondworldwar #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

Lucky Strike review – likably manly Scott Eastwood fights his way home in second world war yarn
By Leslie Felperin

Scott (son of Clint) is a wounded soldier behind enemy lines in this competent thriller with tense set pieces and clunky passages

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/04/lucky-strike-review-scott-eastwood

#Film #Warfilms #Actionandadventurefilms #Secondworldwar #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

Wingtip from downed fighter jet flown by ace pilot brought to US museum https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/wingtip-richard-bong-plane-wisconsin #UsMilitary #UsNews #Wisconsin #SecondWorldWar #Heritage #WorldNews #Culture

Wingtip from downed fighter jet flown by ace pilot brought to US museum https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/wingtip-richard-bong-plane-wisconsin #UsMilitary #UsNews #Wisconsin #SecondWorldWar #Heritage #WorldNews #Culture

Wingtip from downed fighter jet flown by ace pilot brought to US museum https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/wingtip-richard-bong-plane-wisconsin #UsMilitary #UsNews #Wisconsin #SecondWorldWar #Heritage #WorldNews #Culture

Wingtip from downed fighter jet flown by ace pilot brought to US museum https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/wingtip-richard-bong-plane-wisconsin #UsMilitary #UsNews #Wisconsin #SecondWorldWar #Heritage #WorldNews #Culture

Wingtip from downed fighter jet flown by ace pilot brought to US museum https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/wingtip-richard-bong-plane-wisconsin #UsMilitary #UsNews #Wisconsin #SecondWorldWar #Heritage #WorldNews #Culture

Wingtip from downed fighter jet flown by ace pilot brought to US museum
By Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies

Lockheed P-38 Lightning nicknamed ‘Marge’ and flown by Richard Bong crashed in 1944 over what is now Papua New Guinea

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/wingtip-richard-bong-plane-wisconsin

#USmilitary #USnews #Wisconsin #Secondworldwar #Heritage #Worldnews #Culture #TheGuardian #RamonAntonioVargas #agencies

Wingtip from downed fighter jet flown by ace pilot brought to US museum
By Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies

Lockheed P-38 Lightning nicknamed ‘Marge’ and flown by Richard Bong crashed in 1944 over what is now Papua New Guinea

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/wingtip-richard-bong-plane-wisconsin

#USmilitary #USnews #Wisconsin #Secondworldwar #Heritage #Worldnews #Culture #TheGuardian #RamonAntonioVargas #agencies

Wingtip from downed fighter jet flown by ace pilot brought to US museum
By Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies

Lockheed P-38 Lightning nicknamed ‘Marge’ and flown by Richard Bong crashed in 1944 over what is now Papua New Guinea

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/wingtip-richard-bong-plane-wisconsin

#USmilitary #USnews #Wisconsin #Secondworldwar #Heritage #Worldnews #Culture #TheGuardian #RamonAntonioVargas #agencies

See Winston Churchill’s paintings and understand the man

Hitler was a painter too. Indeed, it was as a would-be professional painter that he was rejected by…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #CharlesMoore #comment #Design #Entertainment #opinion #Paintings #secondworldwar #UK #UnitedKingdom #WinstonChurchill
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/721993/

‘Ryanair refused to let us on’: how a couple who’ve lived in UK for 80 years got stuck in Krakow https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/30/how-couple-lived-in-uk-80-years-got-stuck-in-krakow #Brexit #HomeOffice #UkNews #ImmigrationAndAsylum #EuropeanUnion #ForeignPolicy #Europe #Politics #WorldNews #SecondWorldWar #Ryanair #Poland

‘Ryanair refused to let us on’: how a couple who’ve lived in UK for 80 years got stuck in Krakow https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/30/how-couple-lived-in-uk-80-years-got-stuck-in-krakow #Brexit #HomeOffice #UkNews #ImmigrationAndAsylum #EuropeanUnion #ForeignPolicy #Europe #Politics #WorldNews #SecondWorldWar #Ryanair #Poland

‘Ryanair refused to let us on’: how a couple who’ve lived in UK for 80 years got stuck in Krakow https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/30/how-couple-lived-in-uk-80-years-got-stuck-in-krakow #Brexit #HomeOffice #UkNews #ImmigrationAndAsylum #EuropeanUnion #ForeignPolicy #Europe #Politics #WorldNews #SecondWorldWar #Ryanair #Poland

‘Ryanair refused to let us on’: how a couple who’ve lived in UK for 80 years got stuck in Krakow https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/30/how-couple-lived-in-uk-80-years-got-stuck-in-krakow #Brexit #HomeOffice #UkNews #ImmigrationAndAsylum #EuropeanUnion #ForeignPolicy #Europe #Politics #WorldNews #SecondWorldWar #Ryanair #Poland

‘Ryanair refused to let us on’: how a couple who’ve lived in UK for 80 years got stuck in Krakow
By Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent

Maria and Czeslaw Krupa, who arrived in 1947 and 1948 as dependents of displaced Polish service members, were told they did not have post-Brexit rights to return to UK

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/30/how-couple-lived-in-uk-80-years-got-stuck-in-krakow

#Brexit #HomeOffice #UKnews #Immigrationandasylum #EuropeanUnion #Foreignpolicy #Europe #Politics #Worldnews #Secondworldwar #Ryanair #Poland #TheGuardian #LisaOCarrollSeniorcorrespondent

‘Ryanair refused to let us on’: how a couple who’ve lived in UK for 80 years got stuck in Krakow
By Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent

Maria and Czeslaw Krupa, who arrived in 1947 and 1948 as dependents of displaced Polish service members, were told they did not have post-Brexit rights to return to UK

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/30/how-couple-lived-in-uk-80-years-got-stuck-in-krakow

#Brexit #HomeOffice #UKnews #Immigrationandasylum #EuropeanUnion #Foreignpolicy #Europe #Politics #Worldnews #Secondworldwar #Ryanair #Poland #TheGuardian #LisaOCarrollSeniorcorrespondent

Having just finished my 61st book of the year, I have decided that this will be next escapee from the teetering tower that is my To Be Read Pile!

#Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bibliophile #Booklovers #Bookworm #OperationSealion #LeoMcKinstry #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #History #TBRpile

Having just finished my 61st book of the year, I have decided that this will be next escapee from the teetering tower that is my To Be Read Pile!

#Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bibliophile #Booklovers #Bookworm #OperationSealion #LeoMcKinstry #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #History #TBRpile

Having just finished my 61st book of the year, I have decided that this will be next escapee from the teetering tower that is my To Be Read Pile!

#Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bibliophile #Booklovers #Bookworm #OperationSealion #LeoMcKinstry #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #History #TBRpile

Having just finished my 61st book of the year, I have decided that this will be next escapee from the teetering tower that is my To Be Read Pile!

#Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bibliophile #Booklovers #Bookworm #OperationSealion #LeoMcKinstry #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #History #TBRpile