railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma. It was built from 1940 to 1943 by Southeast Asian civilians abducted and forced to work by the Japanese and a smaller group of captured ...

Saltburn star Jacob Elordi - who is also known for his starring roles in Euphoria and Priscilla - is heading to the BBC with ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...

Richard Flanagan's Question 7 is this year's winner of the @BGPrize. In her review from our June issue, @rosalyster delves into Tasmania, nuclear physics, romance and Chekhov.

SEREMBAN, Nov 10 — The oldest surviving worker of the infamous ‘Death Railway’ between Thailand and Myanmar, Arumugam Kandasamy, died at 3.26 am today at the age of 97. His son, A Sudhagaran, 45, said ...

SINGAPORE: An unexploded World War II bomb was removed from Keppel Club on Thursday (Nov 21). The police said they were alerted to a suspected war relic at 239 Sime Road - the address of Keppel ...

By Natalie Kitroeff and Paulina Villegas The mass slaying of West African soldiers by colonial forces at the end of World War II in Senegal remains shrouded in secrecy. But Senegal’s new ...

KUCHING: A full investigation must be conducted on the RM207bil compensation money paid to the Malaysian Government for citizens forced to work on the infamous Thailand-Burma “Death Railway ...

Before shipping overseas for World War II, Bud Sabetay enjoyed a trip to Coney Island amusement park in New York. A fortune teller read his palm and told him that he had a long lifeline and ...

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today Meilan Solly Starring Saoirse Ronan as a young mother, the film ...

This article originally ran on January 11, 2020. It has been updated with additional films, including Steve McQueen’s new World War II-set movie Blitz. Speaking to Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tri ...