Read more about the article Lost EUR 50 Million Portrait Goes Under The Hammer
Photo shows 'Portrait of Miss Lieser' (1917) by Gustav Klimt, oil on canvas, framed, undated. The painting by the Austrian painter that has been lost for around 100 years, will be auctioned at Kinsky auction house on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Auktionshaus im Kinsky GmbH, Vienna/Newsflash)

Lost EUR 50 Million Portrait Goes Under The Hammer

A long-lost masterpiece by painter Gustav Klimt has resurfaced for the first time since it was believed to have been looted by the Nazis during World War II. The 1917…

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Read more about the article American Fighter Pilot Meets German Airman 79 Years After Both Their Aircraft Were Shot On Same Day
Photo shows Ed Cottrell, 101, an ex-fighter pilot from North Carolina, USA, and Karl-Heinz Bosse, 98, a fighter pilot from Thuringia, undated. The two World War II pilots met for the first time near Bonn, Germany, where Karl-Heinz Bosse was shot down by US planes on December 17, 1944. (@therifle_/CEN)

American Fighter Pilot Meets German Airman 79 Years After Both Their Aircraft Were Shot On Same Day

A 101-year-old American fighter pilot has met a 98-year-old German airman 79 years after they were both shot at on the same day during World War II. Ed Cottrell, from…

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Read more about the article U-Boat Vet Who Inspired ‘Das Boot’ Dies Aged 107
Picture shows Friedrich Grade, 107, undated. He died asleep peacefully in a retirement home near Bornheim, Germany, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (Newsflash)

U-Boat Vet Who Inspired ‘Das Boot’ Dies Aged 107

A U-boat submarine World War II veteran said to have inspired the 1981 film 'Das Boot' has died aged 107 in Germany. Friedrich Grade served as chief engineer aboard the…

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Read more about the article Remains Of US Bomber Crewman Recovered From Malta Seabed
Divers explore the B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft of the coast of Malta, undated. They found and brought up the remains of Irving R. Newman an American World War II airman missing in action since 1943. (University of Malta, Timmy Gambin/Newsflash)

Remains Of US Bomber Crewman Recovered From Malta Seabed

The remains of a US airman whose bomber crashed in flames into the sea off the coast of Malta during World War II have been recovered after the plane was…

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Read more about the article Incredible Seabed Footage Of Wrecks Of Battle Of Midway
The chrysanthemum flower crest, an honored imperial symbol of Japan, can still be seen prominently on the bow of IJN Akagi 81 years after the aircraft carriers sinking. Photo recorded by Ocean Exploration Trusts ROV Atalanta on September 10, 2023. Ocean Exploration Trusts visual survey of the Japanese aircraft carrier is the first time anyone has seen the vessel since sinking during June 1942s Battle of Midway. (Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA/Newsflash)

Incredible Seabed Footage Of Wrecks Of Battle Of Midway

Grim remains from one of the most important naval conflicts of World War II have been revealed by a new ocean-bed study of ships sunk in the Battle of Midway.…

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Read more about the article Hero WWII Pilot’s Body Found 79 Years After He Crashed
WW II pilot Fred L. Brewer Jr., 23, poses in undated photo. He went missing in late 1944, his remains were found an identified on Aug. 10, 2023. (DoD/Newsflash)

Hero WWII Pilot’s Body Found 79 Years After He Crashed

A hero black US fighter pilot's remains have been found 79 years after he went missing during a mission during World War II, it has emerged. Second Lt. Fred L.…

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Read more about the article Huge Find Of Artillery Shells From WWII Exploded On Tourist Beach After Found By Swimmer
Photo shows an artillery shell found in a beach zone in Sile, Istanbul, Turkey, undated. The Istanbul provincial administration said on July 30 that the Turkish navy had discovered 28 shells on the seabed of the Black Sea while diving in the Sofular area. (CEN)

Huge Find Of Artillery Shells From WWII Exploded On Tourist Beach After Found By Swimmer

A deadly haul of unexploded artillery shells from World War II discovered by holidaymakers under the water near a beach in Turkey are destroyed in a controlled explosion. Police and…

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Read more about the article Letter From Prisoner At Nazi POW Camp Arrives After 80 Years
Picture shows the letter writen by a man in November 1943 that was delivered after 80 years, to Taranto, Italy. A man wrote to his wife from a prison camp near Berlin, Germany but the letter was delivered in recent days. (@Barullisindacodimottola/Newsflash)

Letter From Prisoner At Nazi POW Camp Arrives After 80 Years

A letter from a prisoner at a World War II-era POW camp has been delivered after 80 years. The letter was sent by an Italian prisoner named Pasquale to his…

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Read more about the article Fury Over Historian Who Says Nazis Boosted Tourism
Image shows the municipality of Goldegg, in St. Johann im Pongau District, in the state of Salzburg, Austria, undated photo. Historian Johannes Hofinger from the Salzburg City Archives reportedly wrote a brochure in which he glorified the technical achievements of the Nazi regime in the municipality. (Newsflash)

Fury Over Historian Who Says Nazis Boosted Tourism

A historian has been accused of glorifying the Nazi regime in a new history of their brutal hold on power in Austria during World War II. Writer Johannes Hofinger apparently…

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