Military Times

Europe marks 80th anniversary of World War II’s end

A veteran holds a white rose during a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London on Thursday. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool photo via AP) LONDON — Even if the end of World War II in ...
PBS

World War II ended in Europe 80 years ago, but V-E Day is haunted by conflict in Ukraine

LONDON (AP) — Even if the end of World War II in Europe spawned one of the most joyous days the continent ever lived, Thursday’s 80th anniversary of V-E Day is haunted as much by the specter of ...
The Atlantic

This Is the Way a World Order Ends

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. In his memoir, The World of Yesterday, the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig looked back on Europe before the First World War. That was, he wrote, the Golden Age of ...
The New Yorker

The First World War, in Sharp Focus

The mud of the Somme Valley was still on Ewart Tempest’s boots when he marched into Vignacourt, a French village some fifteen miles behind the British front line. It was April 5, 1916. Tempest, a fair ...

China, Japan and a New Narrative About World War II

World War II narratives, up for grabs. In September, China held a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ...
The New York Times

Lessons From World War II to Avoid World War III

Mr. Lipavský is the foreign minister of the Czech Republic. Mr. Tsahkna is the foreign minister of Estonia. Ms. Braže is the foreign minister of Latvia. Mr. Budrys is the foreign minister of Lithuania ...