Poland totals WWII occupation’s cost amid Germany claim talk

Poland totals WWII occupation's cost amid Germany claim talk

WARSAW, Poland — A parliamentary commission in Poland reported Friday that the country lost more than 5 million citizens and over $54 billion dollars (46.6 billion euros) worth of assets under its Nazi German occupation during World War II.

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Twin brothers reunited 74 years after WWII death at Normandy

Julius and Ludwig Pieper

For decades, he was known only as Unknown X-9352 at a World War II American cemetery in Belgium where he was interred. On Tuesday, the military man would have his identity recovered — and be reunited with his twin brother in Normandy, where the two Navy men died together when their ship shattered on an underwater mine while trying to reach the blood-soaked D-Day beaches.

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