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Russia marks 80th Stalingrad anniversary as Ukraine offensive advances

President Vladimir Putin to travel to Volgograd, formerly known as Stalingrad, to commemorate the Red Army's victory against Nazi Germany in 1943.

Poland demands Germany pay $1.3 trillion in 'war reparations'

"Germany has never really accounted for its crimes against Poland," says top politician Jaroslaw Kaczynski, claiming many Germans who committed crimes lived in impunity in Germany after World War 2.

Why are Russia and Japan gridlocked on the question of the Kuril Islands?

Escalating tensions between the Western alliance and Russia have revived the long political dispute between Moscow and Tokyo, a NATO ally, on the islands in the Pacific.

Rolex worn by prisoner during WWII 'Great Escape' up for auction

The watch of British Flight Lieutenant Gerald Imeson is believed to be used in planning the 1944 escape, which influenced the 1963 film “The Great Escape”.

Putin to mark Soviet Union's WW2 victory over Nazi Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin leads commemorations of Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany, but Ukraine, under unrelenting attack, is desperate to deny Moscow any sense of military invigoration.

Anne Frank fund criticises cold-case probe as being 'full of errors'

Head of the foundation John Goldsmith has said that claims about a Jewish notary betraying Anne Frank's family to the Nazis in World War II offers no proof.

When spymasters go rogue

Being an intelligence chief is not an easy job and occupies that treacherous border between legality and illegality. Here are some spy chiefs that have ended up on the wrong side of that border.

In pictures: Vienna faces its Nazi history in art exhibit

An exhibition of artwork from Nazi-era Vienna expose the politics of art under the German Reich in an effort to help the Austrian capital come to terms with its World War II legacy.

Amid the threat of a Russian invasion, how capable is Ukraine’s military?

Ukraine’s military power has improved since Russian-backed rebels took control of the eastern part of the country in 2014 - but Russia still dwarfs it in comparison.

Berlin walking tour: Connections between Assad's Syria and Nazi Germany

Two Syrian brothers host a walking tour in Berlin with an aim to inform Germans about what it means to be a Syrian fleeing Assad, and how similar it is to the Nazi regime in pre-World War II Germany.

Tens of thousands take to the streets of Rome in anti-fascist rally

The protestors called on the government to dissolve the neo-fascist groups involved in last weekend's violent protests against the Covid-19 health pass.

Ex-Nazi death camp secretary released pending trial

Prosecutors argue that the woman, Irmgard Furchner, was part of the apparatus that helped the Nazis' Stutthof camp function during World War II more than 75 years ago.