WWII



Serbian edition of War for Life – Belarus in World War II book presented in Belgrade

The presentation of the Serbian edition of the book by Belarusian historian Viktor Yermolovich, War for Life – Belarus in World War II, has taken place in Belgrade, sb.by reports with reference to the Belarusian diplomatic mission in Serbia Photo: www.serbia.mfa.gov.by The event took place at the Institute for Political Studies with the participation of the author of the book translation into Serbian Dajana Lazarević, the author of the foreword, defence attaché of the Belarusian Embassy in ...

03.12.2024
Belarus , Serbia , history , WWII

WWII participant became UK’s oldest skydiver

In the UK, World War II veteran Manette Baillie celebrated her 102nd birthday with a record-breaking parachute jump, TASS reports Photo: www.telegraph.co.uk The Daily Telegraph reported that the woman made a jump with an instructor from a height of over 2.1 thousand metres from an airplane, thus becoming the oldest skydiver in the United Kingdom. Ms. Baillie served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service in the Second World War. As noted, the centenarian celebrated her 100th birthday behind the ...

26.08.2024
uk , skydiving , veteran , WWII

Names of about 20 Belarusians appeared on Norwegian memorial dedicated to those died in WWII

The names of 18 natives of Belarus have appeared on the memorial restored in Norway which is dedicated to the Soviet soldiers who died during the Second World War, sb.by reports with reference to the Belarusian Defence Ministry’s press service Photo: Telegram channel of Belarus’ Defence Ministry The renovated memorial complex is located at the Jørstadmoen military cemetery in Lillehammer. “In 1941-1945, there was a prisoner of war camp formed by Nazi Germany in Jørstadmoen – Stalag-303 – which ...

26.07.2024
Belarus , Norway , WWII

Ambassador: Germany does not renounce responsibility for its attack on USSR

Germany unconditionally recognises its responsibility for the attack on the Soviet Union in World War II, and Berlin is not going to rewrite history – as stated by the German Ambassador to Russia, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, TASS reports Photo: www.reuters.com The diplomat stressed that the war of conquest by Nazi Germany was a blatant, unforgivable crime against international law. “Germany is responsible for the outbreak of World War II, including the attack on the USSR. My country ...

29.01.2024
germany , russia , WWII , ussr

Expert on investigation of genocide during WWII: Belarus will defend its truth and call everything by its proper name

... course, we can say that WWII and the Great Patriotic War ...

12.12.2023
genocide , gigin , opinion , Belarus , WWII

Retired Major General of Serbia: the truth about WWII and all wars unleashed by US needs to be spread

... been confirming its freedom since WWII – also doing this now, when ... by the United States after WWII. It is only possible to ...

21.08.2023
Great Patriotic War , WWII , politics , usa

Monument to SS legionnaires destroyed in Latvia

Unknown persons destroyed a stele to SS legionnaires at night in the Latvian city of Bauska, RIA Novosti reports Photo: www.ria.ru The Bauska municipality police chief, Broņislavs Ostrovskis, noted that the police had studied all available recordings from nearby CCTV cameras, but found nothing suspicious. He suggested that the incident may be related to the dismantling of Soviet monuments that took place recently in Latvia. A deputy of the Bauska Regional Duma, Raitis Abelnieks, said the ...

28.03.2023
latvia , monument , WWII

Polish Sejm adopted resolution on compensation from Germany for WWII damage

... caused to the country during WWII – as reported by TASS Photo ... population as a result of WWII unleashed by the Third Reich ...

15.09.2022
Poland , Germany , WWII , compensation

Andreichenko: there will be no revision of WWII history and results in Belarus

Belarus will never revise the history and results of the Great Patriotic War – as stated by Vladimir Andreichenko, the Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, during his talk with Belarus 1 TV channel Photo: www.belta.by He reminded that on the initiative of deputies the Law On the Genocide of the Belarusian People was adopted in the country. “This is the answer to the challenges that we see today from abroad. There will be no revision of history, results ...

11.07.2022
Andreichenko , WWII

Map of Belarus’ burned villages being restored

As part of a criminal case to investigate the facts of genocide during the Great Patriotic War, a map of burned villages in Belarus is being restored – as informed by Belarus’ Prosecutor General, Andrei Shved The Prosecutor General explained, “This map also includes the settlements information about which has been lost. The work continues. Unfortunately, a mournful list of such settlements is constantly increasing. The names of those who were killed are being restored from oblivion, from history ...

07.12.2021
shved , WWII , map , genocide

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