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This book paints a picture of unoccupied Leyte during World War 2

Rolando O. Borrinaga
Updated as of Oct 15 06:57 PM

In time for the 75th celebration of the Leyte Gulf landings, the journals of Orville Babcock, an American who got stranded during the war, will be launched. This is a rare civilian account of a time when conflicts and challenges came from different directions. Read more »

Germany asks Polish forgiveness 80 years after WWII outbreak

Anna Maria Jakubek and Stanislaw Waszak, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 07:06 AM

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday asked Poland's forgiveness 80 years after Germany's attack triggered World War II while his Polish counterpart denounced Russia's recent "imperialist" aggression against its neighbors.   Read more »

40 more Filipino WWII veterans get US Congressional Gold Medal

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 04:19 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - Forty Filipino World War II (WWII) veterans were honored Thursday with the US Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor the United States Congress confers. Read more »

World War II bomb disposal to cause delays at Frankfurt Airport

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 06 08:37 PM

BERLIN - Passengers using Frankfurt Airport on Sunday should brace for possible delays as some routes will be altered while engineers dispose of a World War II bomb, operating company Fraport said on Friday. Read more »

German billionaire family admits to Nazi past

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 25 07:03 AM

More than 70 years after the end of World World II, one of Germany's richest families has admitted to its dark links with Adolf Hitler's regime.   Read more »

Japan must do more for WWII 'comfort women': UN experts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 09:04 PM

Mainstream historians say up to 200,000 women, mostly from Korea but also from other parts of Asia including China and the Philippines, were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II. Read more »

Japan emperor expresses WWII 'remorse' as PM avoids war shrine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 15 01:27 PM

Japan's Emperor Akihito on Wednesday expressed "deep remorse" about his nation's wartime acts, as Tokyo marked the 73rd anniversary of the end of World War II.   Read more »

Amazing transformation: Iloilo provincial jail turns into a museum

Regi Adosto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 05:19 PM

The Iloilo Provincial Jail has undergone a multi-million makeover and will now serve as a museum. Read more »

Explorers who found wreck of world's biggest battleship get National Museum nod

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 02 05:31 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) - The National Museum of the Philippines has given the team of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen the green light to explore Philippine waters for World War II-era shipwrecks. Read more »

Video game Call of Duty returns to its roots with 'WWII'

Jeeves de Veyra
Posted at Nov 04 07:15 PM

Call of Duty, one of the video games that continue to redefine first person shooters, is back with its new installment, Call of Duty: WWII. Read more »

Jailed gay men promised compensation in Germany

Reuters
Posted at Mar 22 11:16 PM

BERLIN - Thousands of gay men prosecuted and jailed under an arcane German law were due to get compensation after the government passed a draft bill on Wednesday to quash their convictions. Read more »