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British Troops coming ashore at Gold Beach on D-Day in 1944. CBW/Alamy

June 5, 2024

D‑day’s secret weapon: how wetland science stopped the Normandy landings from getting bogged down

Christian Dunn, Bangor University

Scientists with expertise in mud and peat were a key part of planning the Normandy landings in 1944.

Protesters in Berlin demand that the 1904-1908 mass killings in Namibia be recognised as the first genocide committed by Germany. Supplied/Courtesy of Joachim Zeller

May 19, 2020

Colonial amnesia and Germany’s efforts to achieve ‘internal liberation’

Henning Melber, University of Pretoria and Reinhart Kössler, University of Freiburg

The culture of remembrance in Germany is viewed by many as exemplary. But it has some grave shortcomings.

To stage their invasion of Nazi-held France, Allied forces created floating harbors in the English Channel where ships could safely dock to send soldiers and supplies ashore. Royal Air Force

June 3, 2019

D‑Day succeeded thanks to an ingenious design called the Mulberry Harbours

Colin Flint, Utah State University

How engineers helped the Allies defeat Nazi Germany and win World War II.

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler before attending a conference in Munich, Germany. AP Photo/File

March 12, 2019

After 100 years, Mussolini’s fascist party is a reminder of the fragility of freedom

Richard Gunderman, Indiana University

It was 100 years ago this month that Benito Mussolini created the fascist party in Italy. Today, his life offers cautionary lessons for contemporary politics.

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