World War

Britain's Last World War I Veteran Shuns Remembrance Day For "Glorifying War"

Telegraph | Bonnie Malkin in Sydney | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


In July Claude Choules, 108, became Britain's sole survivor from the 1914-1918 war, following the death of Harry Patch, aged 111. ...

Poland Marks 70th Anniversary Of World War II

AP | RYAN LUCAS and DAVID RISING | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


GDANSK, Poland — On a wind-swept peninsula where shells lobbed from a German battleship ignited World War II 70 years ago, European leaders vowe...