From the French Resistance to the Horrors of Hiroshima: Eight Globe-Spanning Books on World War II

The end of the Second World War in Europe on May 8, 1945, with the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany—although Russia is commemorating the 9th—, which marks the 80th anniversary of Thursday, left a devastated continent in which, as historian Keith Lowe explains in the Wild Continent (Galaxia Gutenberg), “there was no morality, only survival.” In the still smoking ruins of Europe, while the dimensions of Nazi extermination and concentration …

From the French Resistance to the Horrors of Hiroshima: Eight Globe-Spanning Books on World War II

VE Day this year seems to have a special resonance, reminding us both how terrible a world war is and how hard people fought for their freedom just eighty years ago against violent and predatory autocrats. “Lest we forget” is a phrase often spoken at remembrance services here in my home country of Australia and […]

We are following the progress of the celebrations of the anniversary of the end of World War II in the Czech Republic and around the world.

Nikos Dendias posted on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, emphasizing Greece's contribution

It marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, marked by the surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied countries The post World War II, the worst war conflict in history first appeared on Junior Report.