Forms of ‘rescue archaeology’ are working to save the testimony of survivors before it is too late.
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The 6888th US battalion tackled entrenched racism as well as confronting the challenges of sexism in the military – but the film largely misses this intersection.
A Real Pain tackles the heavy subject matter of collective trauma with curiosity and humour.
Some of these men went from being indentured pearl divers to soldiers in Borneo. Other fled their home country as teenagers to earn money.
During the Cuban missile crisis, World War III was likely averted by what one US official called ‘just plain dumb luck.’
The unpleasant wartime reality for the Tuskegee Airmen was that, in addition to a determined enemy, they had to fight their own side for the right to serve.
The show explores the American role in the European air war with care and sensitivity.
The American military buildup in Britain –popularly known as the “friendly invasion” – was an unprecedented moment in British history.
Japan’s baby boomers rode the wave of the country’s postwar success. Now, as their society ages, they must now face their generational responsibility.
These novels can expand your encounters with war and commemoration.
Nursing had traditionally been the only avenue for women to join the military. But the creation of women’s auxiliaries in the early 1940s created new opportunities for women.
Putin’s rhetoric over Ukraine has roots in the end of the second world war, attitudes explained by Paul Winterton, a British journalist at the time.
The Holocaust has become a contentious issue in Poland in recent years. And those challenging the government’s historical narrative have faced condemnation and lawsuits.
Vladimir Putin may have swerved away from a full conscription policy because of what we know about how if affects political support.
Russia and other countries and political regimes have a long history of forcing people to move, mostly for security and economic gains.
Russia’s annual Victory Day parade is being seen as a symbol of how well the Ukraine war is going.
There is a long history shaping the recent pact between China and the Solomons- and it should jolt Australia into rethinking its relationships in the Pacific region.
Seizing Kharkiv or Kyiv is going to take time and heavy use of artillery— called ‘the God of War’ by Joseph Stalin — if it happens at all.
Ukraine is the epicentre of a clash of global ideologies – which is exactly what happened in the 1930s.
The history of a humble chapel created by Ukrainian prisoners reminds us of our duty to those refugees now fleeing Putin’s war.
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