WORLD WAR II IN THE NEWS
D-DAY
CHINA
"Japan Shrine Visit Angers China," BBC News (August 15, 2004).
"Chinese Riot After Japan Victory," BBC News (August 7, 2004).
"WW II Bombs Unearthed In China," BBC News (June 19, 2004).
"Asian Alarm At Japan Mission," BBC News (January 20, 2004).
"Toyota Apologises For China Ads," BBC News (December 5, 2003).
"Chiang Kai-Shek's Widow Dies," BBC News (October 24, 2003).
"China Hotel 'Orgy' Sparks Fury," BBC News (September 28, 2003).
"China Nets Million Japan Protests," BBC News (September 18, 2003).
"Anti-Japan Protests Worry China," BBC News (September 18, 2003).
"The Veto And How To Use It," BBC News (September 17, 2003).
"Taiwan Divided Over Chiang's Memory," BBC News (March 11, 2003).
FRANCE
"WW II Remains Exhumed In France," BBC News (November 4, 2003).
"French Resistance Hero Dies At 94," BBC News (September 9, 2002).
"France Counts Cost of Nazi Era," BBC News (April 17, 2000).
"French Wrestle With DeGaulle's Legacy," BBC News (April 15, 2002).
"Le Pen Barred From Laying Wreath At Resistance Memorial," BBC News (November 29, 1997).
GREAT BRITAIN
"Peace Cross Returned To Cathedral," BBC News (September 25, 2004).
"Black
Veterans' War Role Highlighted," BBC News (May 11, 2004).
"BATTLE OF BRITAIN DEATHS REMEMBERED," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003.
MICHAEL COCKERELL, "DON'T MENTION THE WAR," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003.
"SOLDIERS' SEARCH FOR BURIED BUGLES." BBC NEWS, MARCH 27, 2003.
"MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS 1942," BBC NEWS, DECEMBER 24, 2002.
"THE MAKING OF THE GATHERING STORM," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 23, 2002.
"D-DAY VILLAGE MARKS 400 YEARS," BBC NEWS, MARCH 10, 2002.
"SINGAPORE VETERANS REMEMBERED," BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 7, 2002.
"MEMORIAL HONOURS RAILWAY POWS," BBC NEWS, AUGUST 18, 2001.
"BATTLE OF BRITAIN FOES REUNITED," BBC NEWS, MAY 23, 2001.
"POWS TO RECEIVE 'DEBT OF HONOUR,'" BBC NEWS, NOVEMBER 7, 2000.
"BATTLE OF BRITAIN SPECTACULARLY RECALLED," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 17,
2000.
"THE FEW FORGOTTEN BY THE MANY," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 15, 2000.
"GERMANY 'SHOULD COMPENSATE BLITZ VICTIMS,'" BBC NEWS, DECEMBER 13, 1999.
"THE DAY THE WAR BEGAN," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999.
"A GROWING SENSE OF GLOOM," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 1, 1999.
"AIRBORNE THREAT OF NAZI PIGEONS," BBC NEWS, JANUARY 27, 1999.
Winston Churchill
"DAUGHTER SCOTCHES CHURCHILL PARROT CLAIM," BBC NEWS, JANUARY 21, 2004.
"WINSTON'S OBSCENE PARROT LIVES ON," BBC NEWS, JANUARY 19, 2004.
"CHURCHILL IN 'WAR CRIMES' ROW," BBC NEWS, NOVEMBER 30, 2002.
"CUBA REMEMBERS CHURCHILL LEGACY," BBC NEWS, NOVEMBER 30, 2002.
"CHURCHILL VOTED GREATEST BRITON," BBC NEWS, NOVEMBER 24, 2002.
"CHURCHILL GRAFFITI MAN JAILED," BBC NEWS, MAY 9, 2000.
KOREA
THE LOW COUNTRIES
"OUTRAGE OVER COMPENSATION FOR BELGIAN COLLABORATORS," BBC NEWS, NOVEMBER 26, 1999.
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
"GERMANS AND POLES SETTLE WW II ROW," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 27, 2004.
"WARSAW'S FAILED UPRISING STILL DIVIDES," BBC NEWS, AUGUST 2, 2004.
"PRESS EMOTION AT WARSAW ANNIVERSARY," BBC NEWS, AUGUST 2, 2004.
"WARSAW STOPS TO REMEMBER," BBC NEWS, AUGUST 1, 2004.
"POLES MARK 1944 WARSAW UPRISING," BBC NEWS, AUGUST 1, 2004.
"BITTER LEGACY OF WAR," BBC NEWS, DECEMBER 7, 2002.
"STALIN'S POLISH VICTIMS MOURNED," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 3, 2000.
"IN PICTURES: REMEMBERING KATYN MASSACRE," BBC NEWS, JULY 28, 2000.
"POLAND REMEMBERS KATYN DEAD," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 17, 1999.
"POLISH INVASION REMEMBERED," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 1, 1999.
RUSSIA
"Charles Honours War Dead," BBC News (July 14, 2003).
"The Man Who Really Beat Hitler," BBC News (May 9, 2003).
"BITTER MEMORIES OF STALINGRAD," BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 3, 2003.
"RUSSIA MARKS BATTLE OF STALINGRAD," BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 2, 2003.
"Crimean Tatars Mark Wartime Deportations," BBC News (May 18, 2002).
"Red Army Rapists Exposed," BBC News (April 29, 2002).
"THE NEW BATTLE FOR 'STALINGRAD,'" BBC NEWS, JANUARY 3, 2002.
"Russians Remember Nazi Invasion," BBC News (June 22, 2001).
"Stalin's Polish Victims Mourned," BBC News (September 3, 2000).
"The
Great Patriotic War: 55 Years On," BBC News (May 12, 2000).
"BATTLE OF STALINGRAD -- 55 YEARS ON," BBC NEWS, FEBRUARY 2, 1998.
FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS
"ESTONIA REMOVES SS MONUMENT," BBC NEWS, JULY 24, 2002.
"RUSSIA CONDEMNS MARCH BY THE VETERANS OF THE LATVIAN NAZI SS LEGION," BBC NEWS, MARCH 16, 1999.
SCANDINAVIA
Andrew Osborn, "Documentary Forces Danes To Confront Past," Guardian Unlimited (February 9, 2003).
"Danish PM In Nazi Row," BBC News (August 29, 2003).
"BERGMAN ADMITS NAZI PAST," BBC NEWS, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999.
UNITED STATES
"PLUS CA
CHANGE IN FRANCO-US TIES," BBC NEWS, JULY 22, 2003.
"SINKING ARIZONA CENTER MAY HAVE TO BE REBUILT," HONOLULU ADVERTISER, JULY 22, 2003.
"INTERNMENT CAMP UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS TO SERVE AS A REMINDER," MACON TELEGRAPH, JUNE 18, 2003.
RON BRILEY, "STOP WITH THE WORLD WAR II ANALOGIES ALREADY," HISTORY NEWS NETWORK, APRIL 11, 2003.
"INTERNMENT MEMORIES SPUR FEARS," SACRAMENTO BEE, MARCH 19, 2003.
"LAWMAKER'S DEFENSE OF INTERNMENT CALLED 'PREPOSTEROUS' AND 'IGNORANT,'" MERCURY NEWS, FEBRUARY 6, 2003.
"SPIRIT OF D-DAY LIVES ON, BUSH TELLS FRENCH," GUARDIAN, MAY 28, 2002.
"BUSH HONORS DEAD AT D-DAY CEREMONY," WASHINGTON POST, MAY 28, 2002.
"THE INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS: 60 YEARS LATER," GULF NEWS, FEBRUARY 17, 2002.
"SPECIAL REPORT: JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT," ASIA SOURCE, OCTOBER 17,
2001. [This has many useful links to other news stories and information]
"QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: THE LEGACY OF THE INTERNMENT CAMPS," NEWSWEEK, OCTOBER 17, 2001.
"WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL APPROVED FOR WASHINGTON," WASHINGTON POST, MAY 23, 2001.
"BUSH BACKS WAR MEMORIAL," WASHINGTON POST, MAY 17, 2001.
""WW II MEMORIAL'S SITE IN MIDDLE OF MALL IS UNDER ATTACK," WASHINGTON POST, JUNE 6, 2000.
"A SON, HIS DYING FATHER, AND THE MAN WHO DROPPED THE BOMB," CNN, JUNE 6, 2000.
"56 YEARS LATER, NATIONAL D-DAY MUSEUM OPENS," CNN, JUNE 6, 2000.
"'A FAMILY PORTRAIT OF THE GREATEST GENERATION: BROKAW SHARES THE STORIES OF A GENERATION OF HEROES," CNN, JANUARY 20, 1999.
MISCELLANEOUS COUNTRIES
"Veterans Remember Monte Cassino," BBC News (May 17, 2004).
"Stalin Loses Budapest Citizenship," BBC News (April 30, 2004).
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS STORIES