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France

French Resistance member Yvette Lundy dies at 103

Born in 1916 in a small village in the northeastern department of Marne, Lundy started from 1940 to supply fake papers to Jews, men fleeing the Nazi regime's compulsory labour service (STO) or escaped prisoners of war that one of her brothers — who died after being deported — was hiding on his farm.

04/11/2019

France

Sons of Polish navigator united with family who hid their father

Sons of Polish navigator united with family who hid their father in Nazi-occupied France

20/10/2019

Germany

Former Nazi concentration camp guard, 93, goes on trial in Hamburg

Bruno D. was 17 years old when he served as a guard at the Stutthof concentration camp, in northern Poland. Now, he is on trial for aiding and abetting 5,230 cases of murder.

17/10/2019

France

Ceremony honours fallen US soldiers in all-but-forgotten WWII battle

It might have been forgotten if it wasn't for some painstaking research.

18/09/2019

Ukraine

Ivan the Terrible painting believed stolen during WWII found in US

"Secret Departure of Ivan the Terrible Before the Oprichnina" by Mikhail N. Panin and depicting the famous 16th-century Russian czar went missing from the Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum in Ukraine during World War II.

10/09/2019

Destinations

Exploring historic Normandy in château style

Visitors flock to Normandy each year to see for themselves the D-Day landing beaches and Bayeux tapestry. We mixed history with the high life.

09/09/2019

Europe News

Brussels marks 75th anniversary of liberation from German occupation

The liberation of Brussels took only a few hours and saw only a little combat. Freeing the city was symbolic, but its historic importance lives on in the Belgian capital.

04/09/2019

France

Watch: 75 years on, Lyon celebrates its liberation from Nazis

Watch: 75 years on, Lyon celebrates its liberation from Nazis

03/09/2019

Belgium

Brussels celebrates 75th anniversary of its WWII liberation

British troops reached the Belgian capital on September 3, 1944.

03/09/2019

Poland

Watch again: Leaders mark 80th anniversary of Nazi invasion of Poland

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asked Poland for its forgiveness for Nazi "tyranny".

01/09/2019

USA

Trump cancels Poland visit to deal with Hurricane Dorian

President Donald Trump cancels Poland visit to deal with Hurricane Dorian

29/08/2019

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Paris celebrates 75th anniversary of liberation from Nazis

Paris celebrated the 75th anniversary of its victory over the rule of the notorious Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on Sunday (August 25) with a parade in 1940s dress, delighting onlookers who took part in the joyous commemoration.

26/08/2019

France

The forgotten story of the Spanish Republicans who liberated Paris

Follow the journey of Amado Granell, the Spanish Republican soldier who headed the first Allied military unit to enter the Nazi-occupied French capital.

24/08/2019

France

Explained: The story of Paris' liberation from the Nazis, 75 years on

Sunday, August 25, marks 75 years since the Liberation of Paris, when the city was freed from the Nazi occupation it endured from 1940 to 1944.

24/08/2019

Russia

Unexploded WWII bomb found in Kremlin

Vladimir Putin's schedule was not interrupted by the removal of the bomb.

15/08/2019

France

Watch: Macron marks 75th anniversary of France's second D-Day

You remember the Normandy landings but what is Operation Dragoon? French President Emmanuel Macron marked 75th anniversary of country's second D-Day in Provence

14/08/2019

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Nagasaki mayor calls for Japan's commitment to nuclear weapons ban

Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue said Japan had a responsibility to sign a nuclear treaty ban and maintain a "philosophy of peace" within the nation's constitution

09/08/2019

United Kingdom

Watch again: British pilots attempt world tour in restored Spitfire

In a world-first, two British pilots will attempt to fly around the world in the iconic Spitfire.

05/08/2019

Poland

Meet the 96-year-old veteran of the Warsaw Uprising

It's 75 years since the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi regime during WWII. Bohdan Dembinski was one of those who took part in the bloody 63-day battle. He told Euronews about the day it all started.

01/08/2019

Germany

Merkel pays tribute to army general who almost assassinated Hitler

Angela Merkel paid tribute to Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg who was executed for his part in the plot to assassinate the Nazi leader and end the war in 1944

20/07/2019