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The war in Ukraine continues to reshape Europe’s security landscape, testing international resolve and the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity. Photo Ukraine Ministry of Defence
ABYSSINIA

Us today; you tomorrow

WW2 is conventionally dated to September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, but its origins can reasonably be traced back to 1935 when Fascist Italy invaded Ethiopia

  • Seifudein Adem
5 min read
Tales of derring-do: Author Sir Max Hastings can turn historical accounts into gripping adventure yarns. Photo: Awakening/Getty Images
ALLIES

On their radar: How Allies captured Hitler’s technology

If the history of war is your thing, this book will blow you out of the water

  • Rodney Ghobril
5 min read
Déborah Lukumuena plays an amateur wrestler and young security officer in the film Robust. (Photo courtesy of the European Film Festival)
AGNIESZKA HOLLAND

The European Film Festival hits South African screens

The free online festival, opening today, projects a complex mosaic of a continent under stress

  • Carlos Amato
7 min read