The film pays homage to the war generation, revels in forties nostalgia and stakes an assertive British claim to the memory of the Allied invasion.
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South Africa is a large peninsula on the strategic Cape sea route. Some 90% of its trade flows through its harbours. The navy defends the country’s sovereignty and national interests.
Political pressure is mounting on the federal government to launch a registry of foreign agents. But a history of racial discrimination is reason to be cautious.
Canadian women made an estimated 400,000 quilts during the Second World War. The quilts represent the forgotten story of Canadian women’s efforts during the war.
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.
Less than half of the respondents to a UK survey knew that six million Jewish people were killed.
Exclusive footage of the clandestine bunkers from which Britain hoped to halt a Nazi invasion.
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Reader in Forensic Geoscience, Keele University
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Professor and Lecturer in Military History, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Professor, History and Director, Past Wrongs, Future Choices, University of Victoria
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Professor & Director, Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre and Gallery, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Lecturer in Forensic Science, Keele University
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Senior Research Fellow, UCL Centre for Holocaust Education, UCL
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Professor, Department of History, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Research Fellow, Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Senior Professor (Emeritus) and Research Fellow, Department of History, University of the Free State
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Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
