# 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.
# wwii - Sunday 9 September, 2012
# Holocaust
# Holocaust
The Belgian Prime Minister said the country has been “complicit in the most abominable crime” by deporting tens of thousands of Jewish people to Nazi concentration camps during the war.
