Canada Mourns the Passing of First World War Veteran Gladys Powers

Marketwire;  August 22, 2008 ;     185 words ......a British Veteran of the First World War. "The First World War was not won by one country alone. Allied forces from around the world came together and fought alongside...anniversary of the end of the First World War, and as the number of Veterans from the First ...

British veterans hold World War II memorial ceremony in Myanmar

Xinhua News Agency;  November 11, 2005 ;     478 words ...British veterans hold World War II memorial ceremony...battlefield during the World War II, held a tribute-payi...of the end of the World War II. The British forces were among the Allied Forces who fought the Japanese...frontline during the World War II. The ...

Defense Department Commemorates The End Of World War II

Getty Images;  September 2, 2005 ;     104 words ......the honor guard wait in the World War II Memorial while holding flags representing the Allied Forces from the war during a celebration...Washington, DC. Veterans of World War II joined by loved ones attended...celebration held near the World War II Memorial to ...

Dorset. Weymouth. June 5, 1945. Allied forces leaving the shores near...

Magnum Photos;  January 1, 1944 ;     343 words ......Dorset. Weymouth. June 5, 1945. Allied forces leaving the shores near Weymouth...geography Wars (Name of) Second World War Human being Coastline Warship...Dorset. Weymouth. June 5, 1945. Allied forces leaving the shores near Weymouth...

Canada Mourns the Passing of First World War Veteran Gladys Powers.

Canadian Corporate News;  August 22, 2008 ;     228 words ......a British Veteran of the First World War. The First World War was not won by one country alone. Allied forces from around the world came together and fought alongside...anniversary of the end of the First World War, and as the number of Veterans from the First ...

Dutch PM expresses gratitude to Allied liberators in World War II

Xinhua News Agency;  May 8, 2005 ;     283 words ......expresses gratitude to Allied liberators in World War II MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands...gratitude here Sunday to the Allied forces including US soldiers...said. After the Second World War ended, the United States...the end of the Second World War.

Honoring World War II soldiers; Re-enactment of the Battle of the Bulge...

The Washington Times;  January 27, 2006 ;     422 words ......scene at the National World War II Memorial on the...16, 1944, with the Allied Forces withstanding weeks...depicted Willie and Joe - World War II characters created...supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe during the...famous saying from World War II ...

Sarkozy pays tribute to French World War II heroes

Xinhua News Agency;  May 9, 2008 ;     186 words ...Sarkozy pays tribute to French World War II heroes PARIS, May 9 (Xinhua...that is resilient and symbolized by World War II hero Charles de Gaulle, by commemorating...63rd anniversary of the victory of allied forces against Nazi Germany, the French media...landing, was one of the actions ...

"Omaha Beach" (code name for Coleville-sur-Mer, Calvados region). June...

Magnum Photos;  January 1, 1944 ;     247 words ......1944. Operation Overlord of the Allied Forces. "D Day". The first wave of American...geography Wars (Name of) Second World War Liberation of a Nation Coastline...1944. Operation Overlord of the Allied Forces. "D Day". The first wave of American...

Malaysia celebrates 60th anniversary of Allied Forces landing

Xinhua News Agency;  June 10, 2005 ;     252 words ...Malaysia celebrates 60th anniversary of Allied Forces landing LABUAN, Malaysia, June 10...60th anniversary of the landing of the Allied Forces on the Island of Labuan, Malaysian...from Japanese occupation during the World War II. Malaysian Minister of Federal Territories...between the ...

World War II Bomb Found in Italy

AP Online;  July 23, 1999 ;     144 words ...AP Online 07-23-1999 World War II Bomb Found in Italy ORVIETO, Italy...bomb squad to defuse a bomb dropped by Allied forces during World War II. The 200 residents who were evacuated...air campaign. Bombs left over from World War II have turned up occasionally over...

Russia honors World War II veterans in Ukraine

AP Worldstream;  May 8, 2002 ;     233 words ......Viktor Chernomyrdin honored about 100 World War II veterans in the former Soviet republic...57th anniversary of the victory of Allied forces over Nazi Germany. For our peoples...said. Then-Soviet Ukraine saw some of World War II's fiercest battles, when German...tradition, former ...

BBC to reunite World War II veterans online

Xinhua News Agency;  May 9, 2003 ;     194 words ...BBC to reunite World War II veterans online LONDON, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The British...launch a web site on May 20 with the aim of reuniting World War II veterans. The new project is part of the corporation...next year's 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings of allied forces in France in ...

REP. GARRETT HONORS FILIPINO WORLD WAR II VETERANS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 20, 2006 ;     432 words ......and honored the Filipino World War II veterans for their defense...contribution to the outcome of World War II. The House passed the...during the Pacific battles of World War II. Their heroic actions...courageous fortitude gave the Allied Forces the edge that they ...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair attends memorial for World War II...

AP Worldstream;  August 22, 2005 ;     257 words ......to attend a memorial for veterans of World War II, an official said Monday. Blair...was attended by various diplomats and World War II veterans from Britain and Barbados...man." He said the biggest threat to Allied forces in the Caribbean was from German and...men and 85 women from ...