#world-war-ii

#world-war-ii

The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is one of the newest destroyers in the U.S. Navy, designed as part of a next-generation class of multi-mission warships. It features an integrated electric propulsion system, a wave-piercing tumblehome hull, and advanced stealth technology that reduces its radar signature. Construction began in 2009, and the ship was launched in 2013 before undergoing extensive trials, ultimately entering service in 2016. Though only three Zumwalt-class ships were built, they represent a major step in naval innovation aimed at maintaining U.S. maritime superiority.

Killing from the sky has long offered the sort of detachment that warfare on the ground can't match. Far from its victims, air power remains the height of modernity. And yet, as the monk Thomas Merton concluded in a poem, using the voice of a Nazi commandant, "Do not think yourself better because you burn up friends and enemies with long-range missiles without ever seeing what you have done."

US Vice President JD Vance has faced widespread ridicule on social media after claiming in a televised interviewthat World War II ended through negotiation, while defending US President Donald Trump's diplomatic approach in the Russia-Ukraine war. "World War II ended with Germany and Japan's unconditional surrender, not negotiation," an account called "Republicans against Trump" posted on X,sharing a snippet of the Vance interview.

"When it's all done and Dad lists the things he wants to be remembered for ... his first first thing would be that he's a man of faith," she told the Beatrice Daily Sun, a southeast Nebraska newspaper that first reported McPherson died on Aug. 14. "It hasn't been till these later years in his life that he's had so many honors and medals," she said.

The two-week restoration project aims to repair and renovate the deck, masts, tubs and smokestacks of the Red Oak Victory as part of the Victory Ship Revival initiative.

The Forgotten Armies exhibition features rare items from Indian and African soldiers who fought in harsh conditions against Japanese forces in South Asia during World War II.

In December 1942, the first experiment to achieve a sustained nuclear reaction occurred beneath the University of Chicago in a reactor called 'Chicago Pile 1.' This marked confirmation of Szilard's theoretical idea of nuclear chain reactions, where a reactions can continue and sustain itself.

KJ Apa expressed his honor in bringing James Stewart's story to life, reflecting on the values of patriotism and integrity associated with Stewart's legacy and service.

Shurina, a 15-year-old student, is transformed when she is cast as a kamikaze pilot in a World War II play, directed by her piano teacher.

The Kingsway tunnels, built during World War II and enlarged during the Cold War, are about to open to the public for the first time.

Hershey's Kisses have been in production since 1907, except during World War II, when aluminum was rationed for military use.

M&M's originated in the early 1930s after Forrest Mars Sr. observed soldiers in Spain eating chocolate balls coated to resist melting in heat.

The arrival of US troops at Buchenwald concentration camp on 11 April 1945 revealed the horrific scale of the Holocaust, where an estimated six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis.

On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m. Japan Standard Time, the first atomic bomb, nicknamed 'Little Boy,' was dropped on Hiroshima, obliterating structures and killing close to 80,000 people.