# wwii - Saturday 20 February, 2021
# Crimes Against Humanity
# Crimes Against Humanity
His deportation was first ordered by an immigration judge last year.
# wwii - Sunday 6 December, 2020
# Germany
# Germany
The 500-kilogramme British bomb was found on a construction site in Germany’s financial capital on Thursday.
# wwii - Tuesday 21 January, 2020
# Irish History
# Irish History
A local group discovered the image, after searching based on an old aerial photo.
# wwii - Thursday 6 June, 2019
# Ceremony
# Ceremony
D-Day is seen by many as one of the great symbols of transatlantic cooperation.
# wwii - Tuesday 28 August, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
Amy Bracken looks at the bombing of Campile on 26 August 1940, one of the less-remembered bombings of Éire during the Second World War.
# wwii - Sunday 24 June, 2018
# Monaghan Museum
# Monaghan Museum
The year-long exhibition will take place in Monaghan.
# wwii - Friday 2 March, 2018
# Expensive
# Expensive
To date, Poland has not made an official demand.
# wwii - Monday 12 February, 2018
# Closed
# Closed
The ordnance was discovered in King George V Dock, close to the runway of London’s most central airport.
# wwii - Sunday 28 January, 2018
# Holocaust
# Holocaust
The measure must still pass the Senate before being signed by the president.
# wwii - Sunday 5 November, 2017
# Hildebrand Gurlitt
# Hildebrand Gurlitt
The works are just a small fraction of the pieces discovered in 2012 in possession of his son Cornelius Gurlitt.
# wwii - Friday 20 January, 2017
# Shutdown
# Shutdown
The bomb has since been disposed of and the bridges reopened.
# wwii - Wednesday 28 December, 2016
# 75 Years
# 75 Years
He and President Obama laid wreathes at the site of the attack.
# wwii - Saturday 21 May, 2016
# Discovered
# Discovered
One million European Jews died between 1940 and 1945 at the Auschwitz camp in the southern city of Oswiecim.
# wwii - Sunday 25 October, 2015
# Trains
# Trains
Forgotten war machines.
# wwii - Monday 9 February, 2015
# Damages
# Damages
The country’s central bank was forced to loan a massive sum to the Third Reich.
# wwii - Tuesday 27 January, 2015
# WWII
# WWII
The award is France’s highest military honour.
# wwii - Wednesday 31 December, 2014
# RIP
# RIP
Tributes were paid to Patrick Gillen yesterday in Cork.
# wwii - Tuesday 9 December, 2014
# Oradour-sur-Glane
# Oradour-sur-Glane
There was not enough evidence to charge the man, a former member of the SS.
# wwii - Tuesday 18 November, 2014
# Opinion
# Opinion
The one-time Bridget Hitler was born and raised in Dublin.
# wwii - Thursday 13 November, 2014
# Trailers
From The Daily Edge
# Trailers
Cinema trip this weekend? DailyEdge.ie brings you snippets from new releases to help you decide where to put your money.
# wwii - Tuesday 14 October, 2014
# WWII
# WWII
The “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” nuclear bombs killed tens of thousands of people.
# wwii - Wednesday 30 July, 2014
# Enola Gay
# Enola Gay
“I personally think there shouldn’t be any atomic bombs in the world — I’d like to see them all abolished.”
# wwii - Thursday 12 June, 2014
# Holocaust
# Holocaust
Anne Frank never lived to tell her tale but we can honour her memory, and that of all the murdered, by challenging anti-Semitism where we find it.
# wwii - Wednesday 2 April, 2014
# 70 Years Later
# 70 Years Later
Workers at a Bangkok scrap facility believed the device had been made safe.
# wwii - Tuesday 25 February, 2014
# WWII
# WWII
Lawrence S. Gordon’s remains were identified using dental records, and will now be returned to his hometown.
# wwii - Monday 24 February, 2014
# Survivor
# Survivor
Alice Herz-Sommer died in London on Sunday after a short illness.
# wwii - Friday 3 January, 2014
# Germany
# Germany
The accident happened in Euskirchen, not far from former capital Bonn in western Germany.
# wwii - Tuesday 12 November, 2013
# WWII
# WWII
The RTE programme reveals first hand accounts from the men who fought against the Germans in the Second World War.
# wwii - Sunday 3 November, 2013
# Dortmund
# Dortmund
The bomb was discovered by experts searched for unexploded Allied ordnance.
# wwii - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
# Asia
# Asia
Up to 200,000 women from Korea, China, the Philippines and elsewhere were forcibly drafted into brothels catering to the Japanese military in territories occupied by Japan during WWII .
# wwii - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
# Japan
# Japan
The controversial mayor claimed that the forced prostitution of approximately 200,000 women during World War II was necessary to “maintain discipline” in the ranks.
# wwii - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
# World War II
# World War II
The Minister for Justice said that the Irish who fought with the Allies during WWII had “fought against Nazi tyranny”.
# wwii - Saturday 2 February, 2013
# Stalingrad
# Stalingrad
Today Russia marks the 70th anniversary of a brutal battle in which the Red Army defeated Nazi forces and changed the course of World War II.
# wwii - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
# Treaty
# Treaty
The two countries sought to paper-over tensions from the euro crisis when their leaders kicked off events marking 50 years of post-war reconciliation.
# wwii - Wednesday 16 January, 2013
# Tunnel Diggers
From The42
# Tunnel Diggers
Someone better check for tunnel digging antics at Sandy Park this Saturday.
# wwii - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
# Review 2012
# Review 2012
The Titanic disaster, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty: 2012 has been a big year for commemorations. Here’s your guide to the bigger commemorations held this year.
# wwii - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
# World War II
# World War II
Thousands of Defence Forces personnel who were persecuted by the Irish government for fighting with the Allies in World War II will receive a formal pardon in the new year.
# wwii - Saturday 15 December, 2012
# World War Two
# World War Two
The newly released files also uncover attempts to turn Ireland into a fascist state, in addition to Britain’s wartime recruitment within the 26 counties.
# wwii - Thursday 15 November, 2012
# Germany
# Germany
Fund administrators and German officials say payments to Holocaust survivors are needed “more than ever” as they enter their final years.
# wwii - Sunday 16 September, 2012
# Pic Of The Day
# Pic Of The Day
This one’s from World War II and England’s ‘war at home’ effort. The swastikas give it away somewhat.
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