Laver Xhemali, whose Australian War Memorial grave was the first to feature the Islamic crescent.
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Some of these men went from being indentured pearl divers to soldiers in Borneo. Other fled their home country as teenagers to earn money.
Onlookers at a Key West, Fla., beach where the Army’s Hawk anti-aircraft missiles were positioned during the Cuban missile crisis.
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During the Cuban missile crisis, World War III was likely averted by what one US official called ‘just plain dumb luck.’
Pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group stationed in Italy as part of the 15th Air Force, August 1944.
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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.
Austin Butler in Masters Of The Air.
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The show explores the American role in the European air war with care and sensitivity.
Callum Turner in Masters of the Air.
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The American military buildup in Britain –popularly known as the “friendly invasion” – was an unprecedented moment in British history.
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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.
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These novels can expand your encounters with war and commemoration.
Members of the Australian Army Medical Women’s Service at work in the sterilising room of a military hospital, 1943.
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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.
Russian rhetoric about Ukraine echoes language used in the second world war by the Soviets seeking to stem independence movements. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin insisted on Ukraine getting a separate vote to the USSR at the United Nations, even though it wasn’t an independent state.
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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 Monument to the Ghetto Heroes in Warsaw, Poland, commemorating the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. History surrounding the Holocaust has become increasingly controversial in Poland in recent years.
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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.
The remains of a Russian Army armoured column in Bucha, Ukraine on 09 April 2022.
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Vladimir Putin may have swerved away from a full conscription policy because of what we know about how if affects political support.
A woman runs from a house on fire after shelling in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine in June 2022.
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Russia and other countries and political regimes have a long history of forcing people to move, mostly for security and economic gains.
President Putin is promising a huge military turnout for the annual Victory Day parade in Red Square.
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Russia’s annual Victory Day parade is being seen as a symbol of how well the Ukraine war is going.
Solomon Island Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at a meeting in China in 2019.
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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.
Firefighters extinguish fires in an apartment building after being hit by shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 15, 2022.
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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.
The Lehman collapse was at the epicentre of the 2008 crisis.
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Ukraine is the epicentre of a clash of global ideologies – which is exactly what happened in the 1930s.
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The history of a humble chapel created by Ukrainian prisoners reminds us of our duty to those refugees now fleeing Putin’s war.
A military vehicle destroyed on Feb. 18, 2022, by an explosion in Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian separatists.
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Attacking your own side and blaming your foe has a long history and a firm grip on the popular imagination. But the internet makes it difficult to pull off – and less desirable.
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The surprise attack on Hawaii brought unimaginable suffering and led to further horror. Eight decades later, we must never forget.
South African Communist Party members have held key positions in the ANC-led governments.
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The Communist Party draws most of the members from South Africa’s mainly young, unemployed people, a group that keeps growing.