Why did US indiscriminately attack civilian targets in Kyushu in WWII's final stage?
Mysteries still shroud a tragedy 80 years ago in which many civilian passengers died in U.S. military attacks on running ...
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Airfield repairs delayed as Okinawa protests Kadena parachute training
Pending repairs to the island airfield, the Air Force’s 18th Wing since December 2023 has made its training drops about once ...
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History Today: How the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated 80 years ago
On January 27, 1945, Soviet forces approached the Auschwitz concentration camp and liberated the prisoners from the Nazi regime’s horrific crimes. This day is now observed as International Holocaust ...
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Six Nations preview: Ireland aim for unprecedented feat but recent ‘decline’ to open the door for rivals
Ireland coaches Andy Farrell and Simon Easterby alongside captain Caelan Doris and fly-half Sam Prendergast. Next up in our set of previews ahead of the 2025 Six Nations we examine the prospects of ...
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The liberation of Auschwitz: What the Soviets discovered on January 27, 1945
Eighty years ago on January 27, 1945, soldiers from Russia's Red Army entered the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and were the first to discover the horrors of the concentration camp where ...
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US, Japanese troops to practice reconnaissance during Iron Fist amphibious exercise
Iron Fist locations will include Camp Courtney and the Northern Training Area on Okinawa, Ie Shima Auxiliary Airfield northwest of Okinawa and Japan’s Camp Naha, a spokesman with Japan’s ...
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The Liberation of Auschwitz—Where More Than One Million Jews Were Killed—Took Place on This Day in 1945
Public domain via Wikimedia Commons When the Red Army liberated the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27, 1945, the soldiers encountered unimaginable horrors ...
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The liberation of Auschwitz: What the Soviets discovered on January 27, 1945
Eighty years ago on January 27, 1945, soldiers from Russia's Red Army entered the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and were the first to discover the horrors of the concentration camp where more ...
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The Holocaust: 1933-1945
Itka Zygmuntowicz (1926–2020), Survivor of Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Death Camp (1940–1945) RG-50.030*0435, Oral history interview with Itka Zygmuntowicz, (1926-2020).
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The Irish Times view on Trump’s economic threat to Ireland: danger lies ahead
The precise shape of the threat from Donald Trump’s presidency to Ireland’s exports and tax revenue is still not clear. However, it is obvious that danger lies ahead. Trump has threatened ...
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Thousands in Ireland still without power after Storm Éowyn, as more wild weather wallops UK, France
(Andrew Milligan/PA via AP) A fallen tree is seen near Dungannon, Northern Ireland, Friday Jan. 24, 2025, as Storm Eowyn hits the country. (Oliver McVeigh/PA via AP) The remains of an ice skating ...
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80 Years After Liberation Of Auschwitz-Birkenau
Ultimately, over a million people lost their lives in the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex before Soviet troops liberated the few survivors on January 27, 1945. In 2005, the UN General Assembly designed ...