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Czech explosive experts detonate wartime bomb found at major chemical plant

Czech explosive experts detonated a Second World War bomb on Friday at a major chemical plant in the north west of the country, where...

Polish president likens Russian invasion of Ukraine to Nazi occupation

Polish president Andrzej Duda likened the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the Second World War occupation and partition of his own country by Nazi...

US Second World War veteran and TikTok star ‘Papa Jake’ attends D-Day events

Second World War veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name Papa Jake, enjoyed giving hugs to the...

Wartime self-portrait by German expressionist Max Beckmann sells for £17m

A self-portrait painted during the Second World War by German expressionist artist Max Beckmann has sold in Berlin for 20 million euros (£17 million),...

Poland claims Second World War grave has been destroyed by Belarus

Poland’s government has alleged that authorities in Belarus were levelling a memorial site containing the graves of Polish soldiers who died during the Second...

Second-hand shop find turns out to be ancient Roman bust

A marble bust that a woman bought for about 35 dollars (£28) from a second-hand shop is temporarily on display at a museum in...

Four injured after Second World War bomb explodes at Munich construction site

A Second World War bomb exploded at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich on Wednesday, injuring four people, one...

France to return Nazi-looted Klimt painting to rightful Jewish heirs

The French government has announced it will return a Nazi-looted Gustav Klimt landscape painting to its rightful owners more than 80 years after it...

Artworks looted under Nazi rule handed over by German authorities

German authorities have now handed over all 14 works from the art trove accumulated by late collector Cornelius Gurlitt that so far were proven...

South Korean leader offers olive branch to Japan on liberation day

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has offered talks with Japan to resolve a bitter feud over wartime grievances as the nation celebrated the 75th...

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