World War II

Police moved people from nearby streets during the operation to remove the 80-year-old explosive device.

Robert “Al” Persichitti of Fairport, New York fell ill during a stop in Germany last week and died in a hospital.

Former bomber pilot Bill Purdy recalls one of the pivotal battles during World War II.

Bong nicknamed the plane "Marge" after his girlfriend, Marge Vattendahl.

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The exploits of soldiers and sailors who sailed from Australia to strike deep behind enemy lines 80 years ago are being commemorated today.

Les Knight's sacrifice ensured the survival of his wartime comrades and innocent Dutch civilians.

Surviving battering storms and challenges to Sealand's sovereignty in international waters since 1966, an intriguing legend tells of how one family repelled the clutches of a powerful neighbouring empire.

The man, who was a minor at the time of the alleged crimes, has been changed with accessory to murder.

The sole survivor of a wartime atrocity has become the first woman to be commemorated in bronze at the national war memorial.

US talkback host Alan Berg was murdered in front of his apartment on June 18, 1984.

The discovery of HMS Triumph came after a 20-year search by a veteran diver.

A priceless 16th-century Italian painting that was looted by Nazi Germany during World War II and discovered in Japan has been returned to Poland, authorities in Warsaw said.

There are concerns treasure hunters disturbed the designated war graves of hundreds of sailors.

Images of the Montevideo Maru shipwreck, Australia's worst maritime disaster, have been released three days after the discovery was announced.

Art collector Laura Young was browsing a thrift store in Texas when she found a bust for sale.

The wreckage from the maritime disaster that killed more Australians than any other has been found, more than 80 years on.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed it was providing consular assistance to the man's family.

A bomb from World War II has exploded unexpectedly in an English town, with the blast heard from kilometres away.

A hand-drawn map, complete with a red X to "mark the spot", has caused people to flock to a tiny European village.

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A ship that sank almost 80 years ago remains a threat to thousands of people in southern England.

A 97-year-old former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp has been convicted for her role in the murder of 10,505 people during the Holocaust, in what could be the final trial of its kind.

Eighty years ago thousands of Australian troops fought in a fearsome desert battle in North Africa that helped turn the tide of World War II.

A "ghost boat" from World War II has been discovered at a drought-stricken lake in California.

The actor's visit to the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in southern Poland, which was under German occupation during WWII, was his first and came as part of his work with the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation.

Queen Elizabeth II was moulded by her early adulthood experience of World War II during which she served as a military mechanic.

Seven people were killed and eight others injured when a taxi driver went on a shooting rampage in Sydney's Strathfield Plaza on August 17, 1991.

On July 21, 1942, Australian soldiers began fighting a bloody World War II battle.

A precious set of World War II war medals have been returned to the relieved daughter of a veteran, five years after they were stolen from her Melbourne home.

On May 31, 1942, Japanese midget submarines carried out a surprise attack during World War II that became known as 'The Battle for Sydney'.

Putin used his speech to blend history with the present, banking on Russian nationalism on its most patriotic of holidays to justify his war.

Fears are running high today that Russian President Vladimir Putin could declare all-out war on Ukraine.

Western officials believe Putin could formally declare war on Ukraine as soon as May 9, a symbolic day for Russia paving the way for him to step his campaign.

Eighty years ago 'the battle that saved Australia' was fought against a Japanese naval armada off the coast of Queensland.

Vladimir Putin has again painted his enemies in Ukraine as "neo-Nazis", even though the country has a Jewish president who lost relatives in the Holocaust.

A ceremony was held today in Darwin's Bicentennial Park to mark 80 years since the bombing.

Federal Parliament has paused to reflect on the 80th anniversary of the Bangka Island Massacre, paying special tribute to Sister Vivian Bullwinkel

Australia's largest collection of historic militaria - amassed by one passionate enthusiast - is up for auction this week.

One of Australia's oldest surviving World War II veterans - Bert Collins - died this morning aged 105.

Eighty years ago Australia suffered a catastrophic military defeat when 15,000 of its soldiers were taken captive by Japan.

Israeli archaeologists have detailed the "heartbreaking" discovery of three Jewish pendants at a former Nazi extermination camp in Poland.

While the Titanic is history's most famous shipwreck, its death toll was eclipsed by a lesser-known maritime disaster almost 80 years ago.

American tourists Tom and Eileen Lonergan were unintentionally left behind by a scuba diving boat off the coast of North Queensland on January 25, 1998.

Fifty years ago a Japanese soldier was found in the jungles of Guam, having survived there for almost three decades after the end of World War II.

Guests commemorated the life of Eddie Jaku, the self-titled "happiest man on earth", at Sydney Town Hall today.

Eighty years ago a devastating Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbour naval base in Hawaii brought the US into World War II.

Four people have been injured in an explosion caused by an old World War II bomb near a busy train station in the German city of Munich, police said.

Australia's biggest maritime mystery has been solved 80 years after the sinking of the warship HMAS Sydney.

An airman from Massachusetts who was shot down over Romania during World War II has been accounted for, the military said yesterday.