Russian schoolchildren are being mobilised in a patriotic movement which encourages military service.
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Comprised mostly of Black soldiers, the Red Ball Express transported supplies day and night and is given credit for providing a strategic advantage over the Nazi military.
Soviet Russia had a policy of denying its responsibility for war crimes. It looks as if Putin’s Russia may be following suit.
Canada is arming and supporting Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion. At various points in its history, it’s been everything from an invader to an arms supplier to invaders, not defenders.
There are reports of very low morale among Russian troops in Ukraine.
It’s difficult for regimes to galvanize public opinion or maintain people’s willingness to accept the sacrifices associated with a war waged for questionable reasons.
The Russian embassy in Vilnius now sits on Ukrainian Heroes’ Street (Ukrainos Didvyrių g.), a direct response to the war.
Russian citizens in the west are being targeted in much the same way Germans, Italians, and Japanese were during the second world war.
A Kyivan Jewish scholar explains the long history of Jews in Kyiv and how they thrived, despite hostilities. They were forced to flee from the city many times – but always came back.
The west Ukrainian city has long been both a symbol of Ukrainian identity and an effevescent, multicultural hub.
Australian defence force bands only formally welcomed women in the 1980s – but during the second world war, women often performed with the RAAF bands.
Military behaviour usually becomes more restrained when troops feel securely in control of a city. That means Ukrainian civilians may bear the brunt of growing Russian military frustration.
Albert Alexander was the first known person treated with penicillin. While his ultimately fatal case is well known in medical histories, the cause of his illness has been misattributed for decades.
A historian explains how the US has used war bonds to both fund its wars and inspire patriotism among Americans.
Over two days in September 1941, more than 33,000 Jews were murdered by Nazi forces and their Ukrainian collaborators in Babi Yar.
As an independent country, Ukraine has suffered from corruption, poverty and violent periods, but Vladimir Putin’s view of Ukrainian history in Ukraine is deeply, perhaps deliberately flawed.
By allowing Russian military presence in Belarus, president Aliaksandr Lukashenka has forfeited his country’s sovereignty.
Just because deep-rooted Russian fears might not seem reasonable doesn’t mean they aren’t real in Vladimir Putin’s mind.
In the space of one week, some of the old certainties about Europe have been thrown out the window.
To understand Russia’s war in Ukraine, look to the blend of religious and militaristic nationalism under Putin – on full display in the Church of the Russian Armed Forces.
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Principal of South College, Durham University
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Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Public History, Leeds Beckett University
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Principal Lecturer in History, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor Emeritus in Contemporary German History, Nottingham Trent University
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