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For the first two years of the war, Hepburn had to contend with the fact that her father was a Nazi agent and her mother was pro-Nazi. (Photo: Pixabay)

Audrey Hepburn had a secret life as a Nazi fighter

A new book shockingly reveals that Hollywood actress worked for the Dutch Resistance before gracing the silver screen.

29 Oct 2018 1:59 PM IST

Love in the time of war

Daman Singh speaks about setting World War II as the backdrop for her novel Kitty's War.

17 Oct 2018 12:52 AM IST

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2 US WWII aircrash victims identified after N-E recovery

Tour operators of the region are of view that memories of World WarII can turn the region into a major tourist...

13 Oct 2018 1:05 AM IST

The exhibition space is divided into different galleries for areas like encryption, deception, hacking, cyberwarfare, intelligence. (Photo: Pixabay)

I, spy: New Manhattan attraction offers espionage history

The exhibition space is divided into different galleries for areas like encryption, deception, hacking, cyberwarfare,...

15 Feb 2018 1:30 PM IST

The experts cut a large hole through the shell to burn off explosive materials inside before a crane lifted the earth-covered bomb off the site on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

WWII bomb defused in Hong Kong after thousands evacuated

It was the second time within a week that an American bomb dropped during WWII had been discovered.

1 Feb 2018 5:16 PM IST

He flew seaplanes for scout observation over the Gulf of Mexico and was a flight instructor at a base in Corpus Christi, Texas (Photo: AP)

World War II veteran will graduate over two decades after leaving...

Barger was a pilot in the Navy, enlisting after seeing an advertisement that said join the Navy and get an education.

30 April 2018 7:25 PM IST

A monument dedicated to Soviet Red Army soldiers stands next to a truck on the grounds of a warehouse in the Polish town of Legnica, where the monument is being mothballed, on March 24, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Poland consigns communist-era monuments to dustbin of history

Dozens of communist monuments still stand across Poland and their removal has rankled Russia.

30 April 2018 4:36 PM IST

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WW-II era Amarda airstrip in Odisha cries for attention

Locals are demanding an extensive research to unearth the mystery of the bunker which now remains sealed.

29 April 2018 1:08 AM IST

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A rising from the shadows of war

The book ends on a sweet and romantic note, with Juliet and Dawsey (who is a pig farmer on the island), falling in love...

19 July 2018 12:09 AM IST

Nakasone was known for trying to integrate the nation defeated in World War II as a full-fledged member of the West during the Cold War era. (Photo: File)

Ex-Japanese PM Yasuhiro Nakasone passes away at 101

He was in office for five years from November 1982 to November 1987,

29 Nov 2019 1:00 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow had grounds to appeal a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to bar Russia from major sporting events, a move he said violated the Olympic charter. (Photo: AP)

Polish PM accuses Putin of lying about WWII, says attempt to 'conceal'...

'President Putin has lied about Poland on numerous occasions, and he has always done it deliberately,' Prime Minister...

30 Dec 2019 9:11 AM IST

Presumably, the records imply that the women referred to as geisha might have come on their own, as opposed to sex slaves, who were coerced. (Photo: File | Representational)

Japan asked for 1 sex slave for every 70 soldiers in WW2 to 'prevent...

The sex slaves issue has been a source of a painful dispute between South Korea and Japan.

8 Dec 2019 11:37 AM IST