カテゴリー: Second world war
Second world war ship found broken in two at depth of 22,916 feet in Philippines at ‘hallowed war grave’A US navy destroyer that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of the second world war in the Philippines has become the deepe…
As island prepares to mark 50 years since Okinawa was returned to Japanese sovereignty, Jinshiro Motoyama is in no mood to celebrateEarlier this week, Jinshiro Motoyama placed a banner outside the office of Japan’s prime minister, sat on a folding chai…
Defence force works to match medals with families of up to 500 men who served in decorated unit during second world warNew Zealand is working to get medals to the rightful homes of up to 500 men from the country’s Māori Battalion, who were not properly…
Seoul furious at Japanese bid for Unesco listing for Sado gold mine complex, which used slave labour in the 1940sJapan has set itself on a diplomatic collision course with South Korea by applying for Unesco world heritage status for gold and silver min…
My uncle David Young, who has died aged 100, spent his entire working life with the Moral Re-Armament (MRA) movement (now Initiatives of Change), an organisation that aims to promote peace, reconciliation and integrity in public life.David joined MRA i…
Cousins John Ashton and John Ashton on the Chinese seamen deported after serving Britain during the second world war, and their exploitative employer. Plus letters from Gary Craig, Jacqueline Simpson and Mike OwenWe congratulate Dan Hancox, and the fam…
Volunteers searching for the remains of those killed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa demand Japan’s defence ministry call a halt to workMillions of cubic metres of soil due to be used to build a controversial US airbase on the Japanese island of Okinawa …
Monarch had enduring friendship with Maj Gen Anton Muttukumaru, who worked for her in 1950sMaj Gen Anton Muttukumaru was a barrister, soldier and diplomat who loved collecting walking sticks. He was known for being charming and shrewd, had a talent for…
Academics reject J Mark Ramseyer’s claim women were not forced into sexual slavery during second world warA Harvard University professor has sparked outrage among fellow academics and campaigners after claiming that women forced into sexual slavery by …
Spy Princess is based on Noor Inayat Khan, killed in France while working as a British spy in second world warThe story of the daughter of an Indian Sufi mystic, who was killed while a British secret agent fighting with the French resistance in the sec…
3 September 1945: With the signing on the USS Missouri, the second world war is now officially over. Full occupation of Japan is about to beginThe Japanese signed the terms of surrender in the American battleship Missouri early yesterday and the war is…
The royal family leads the UK’s commemorations on the 75th anniversary of VJ Day – the day the second world war ended with Japan’s surrender.Prince Charles led a two-minute silence at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, as part of a servi…
VJ Day was declared when emperor Hirohito ordered his people to stop fighting in second world warThe 75th anniversary of VJ Day – the victory over Japan which signalled the very end of the second world war – has been commemorated with a series of event…
British soldier Bill Norways was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore and forced to work on the infamous Thai-Burma railway. During his time as a PoW he created sketches and artworks under appalling conditions• Families of British priso…