World War 2 Stories, Articles and News

October - November 2009

 

 

November 30, 2009

 

John Demjanjuk, alleged Nazi death camp guard, goes on trial in Germany

 

World War II fighter pulled from Lake Michigan

 

November 27, 2009

 

Adolf Hitler's Mercedes, the ultimate war trophy for a Russian collector

 

November 25, 2009

 

Upcoming 68th Anniversay of the Pearl Harbor Attack

 

City's secret D-Day planner dies at 90

 

November 24, 2009

 

Waco's World War II hero Doris Miller to be honored with stamp

 

Landmine compensation sought

 

November 23, 2009

 

Google Earth during the Second World War: Amazing aerial images taken by the daring Allies which revealed Hitler's weapons

 

The true story behind The Great Escape revealed in an airman's World War II diary

 

RAF's wartime reconnaissance photos go online in new archive

 

November 22, 2009

 

Historian analyzes Second World War surveys

 

November 20, 2009

 

Winston Churchill D-Day cigar discovered

 

November 16, 2009

 

Germany puts names of 700,000 captured Soviets online

 

Medvedev reiterates Russian stance on interpretation of WWII

 

Street named for WW II spy hero

 

November 15, 2009

 

WWII in HD on History

 

Renowned historian angers Scottish World War II veterans

 

November 12, 2009

 

2 Japanese Subs Are Found in Waters Off Hawaii

 

November 10, 2009

 

TV marks Veterans Day with many ways to remember those who serve

 

Documentary filmmaker puts a human face on D-Day

 

World War II Navajo Code Talkers Seek to Preserve Legacy

 

November 9, 2009

 

World War II Museum Expansion Aims at Younger Generations

 

Federal relief for struggling D-Day Memorial could be two years away

 

British historian tells story of Second World War through colourful generals

 

World War II: The Torch is Lit

 

November 8, 2009

 

New history of D-Day and the battle for France does well with the combat, but not the strategies

 

November 6, 2009

 

UK kids think Hitler 'was German football coach'

 

November 5, 2009

 

Going into battle armed with a trumpet

 

'The Battle for Normandy' storms the beaches anew

 

November 4, 2009

 

Tom Hanks 4-D documentary to open war museum theatre in New Orleans

 

November 3, 2009

 

US Dept of Defense - Mullen Praises World War II Japanese-American Troops

 

November 2, 2009

 

3 Cool Things About the World War II Museum's New Movie

 

D-Day Memorial In Va. Laying Off Half Its Staff

 

November 1, 2009

 

Top 10 Second World War films

 

A new addition to WWII Museum

 

October 31, 2009

 

Medvedev: Soviet-era terror cannot be justified

 

October 30, 2009

 

Secrets hope as Hitler aide dies

 

October 28, 2009

 

Nazi hit man charged with 3 murders goes on trial

 

October 27, 2009

 

D-Day Memorial Considers Closing for Winter

 

Australians Help Rid the Solomons of World World II explosives

 

October 26, 2009

 

German court fines British bishop for Holocaust claims

 

Jews Who Survived Wartime Europe Have More Cancer

 

Tom Hanks to Give Veterans a USO-Style Tribute

 

October 25, 2009

 

Museum Receives Horrifying Offer From Nazi Relative

 

October 22, 2009

 

Austria clears names of World War II deserters

 

October 21, 2009

 

Lingayen World War II Memorial unveiled

 

October 18, 2009

 

Billions in unclaimed bonds date to World War II

 

October 16, 2009

 

Russia seizes Stalin-era research

 

October 15, 2009

 

Navajo Nation mourns passing of Code Talker

 

Equilibrium Records to Release "Someone Talked! Memories of World War II"

 

Love letter sent during World War II is finally delivered - 64 YEARS late

 

Auschwitz launches Facebook site

 

Controversy Over Stalin Bust at D-Day Memorial

 

Seaman remembers first German air raid of Second World War

 

October 14, 2009

 

Stephen Poliakoff film Glorious 39 debunks Second World War myths

 

Princess Royal joins survivors of HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow

 

October 13, 2009

 

Commemorates Battle of Britain Commander

 

October 12, 2009

 

Richard Sonnenfeldt, Nuremberg interpreter, dies

 

October 11, 2009

 

Michael Kuryla Jr. dies at 84; sailor survived sinking of Indianapolis in WWII

 

War codebreaker honoured

 

October 8, 2009

 

Russian court opens hearing into libel suit brought by Stalin's grandson against newspaper

 

Rejection of Guam War Reparations Bill Gets Mixed Reaction

 

Nazi suspect loses Australia extradition battle

 

October 6, 2009

 

U.S. World War II Veteran Returns 500-Year-Old Books to Germany

 

Rupert the D-Day dummy paratrooper goes up for auction in Munich

 

The World War II We Were Not Meant to See ... Smithsonian Channel Epic Presentation -- APOCALYPSE: THE SECOND WORLD WAR

 

October 3, 2009

 

Vets gather last time to recall a fateful day

 

Marek Edelman, Last Leader of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Has Died

 

October 2, 2009

 

D-Day memorial carries special meaning for Normandy visitors

 

Nazi Diamond Hunt Ban

 

Norway decorates WWII hero with highest military honor, reinstating medal last awarded in 1949

 

D-Day memorial head urges congress to protect monument

 

Nazi camp guard trial opens in Germany next month

 

Anne Frank channel launched on YouTube: museum

 

 

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