Education for peace: the effort to teach children how to rebuild societies after WWII
The second world war marked a turning point in the history of childhood. To train young people to build peace, authorities ...
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52 Years After a US Spy Plane Was Shot Down over Laos, a Family Still Fights for Answers: Did the Crew All Perish or Were Half of Them Left Behind?
The peace treaty was signed. Prisoners of war were coming home. The last thing America needed was an international incident.
The Nazi shame of the first ever Best Actor winner at the Oscars
The academy awarded some honours in their inaugural year for performances in more than one film. Jannings won for his ...
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The neglect of Asia was the great failure of Yalta, writes Stephen Kotkin
Black grouse and caviar helped Stalin get much of what he wanted, but his Red Army counted for more, says a notable historian ...
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Britain is trapped in the Long Seventies
The Irish nationalist was caught in the fault lines between empire and nation, colonised and coloniser, public face and ...
Meet The Most Legendary War Horse Of WWI—Here’s How He Became ‘The Horse The Germans Couldn’t Kill’
Warrior, famously called "the horse the Germans couldn't kill," became a symbol of courage and loyalty during World War I.
Britain’s conservative second world war
Kit Kowol’s first book, released at the end of 2024, achieves the rare feat of fundamentally revising our understanding of British politics and society during the Second World War.
Modernist architect’s house in NW D.C. on the market for $4.5 million
The five-bedroom, five-bathroom house recently underwent a major renovation that revitalized its mid-century appeal ...
Anwar El Ghazi – the footballer sacked over Israel-Gaza social media posts who won in court
El Ghazi is rebuilding his career after winning a court case over his sacking by Mainz for comments he wrote about the Israel ...
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The Stoney ground to the Promised Land | How Albion arrived at The Hawthorns by Dave Bowler
With Albion desperately scouring the locale for an appropriate site for a new ground, the timing could not have been better ...
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Spioenkop commemoration contributes to KZN’s tourism recovery
Spioenkop is one of 82 battlefields, museums, old fortifications and places of remembrance that form part of the Battlefields Route in the province with appeal to especially British tourists. It also ...
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Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood
During the Boer War Birdwood served on Lord Kitchener's staff. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1908 and in 1911 was promoted to major general. Birdwood's career was characterised by ...