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World War Ii

Universities need stumbling stones
Analysis
/ 20 May 2016

Universities need stumbling stones

Varsities have a role to play in changing the status quo, writes Richard Pithouse.

By Richard Pithouse
The last kamikaze: Japanese pilots tell how they cheated death
Article
/ 11 August 2015

The last kamikaze: Japanese pilots tell how they cheated death

As the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II looms, two would-be suicide pilots described how they prepared to die.

By Justin Mccurry
Verwoerd would love Dlamini
Article
/ 21 May 2015

Verwoerd would love Dlamini

Few things would have pleased Verwoerd more than the idea that racism and race essentialism are still alive and well.

By Mia Swart
What if the Germans had won the first world war?
Analysis
/ 26 December 2013

What if the Germans had won the first world war?

With the war’s centenary near, this is not a parlour game. Counterfactual conjecture allows us to see the conflict far more objectively.

By Martin Kettle
A fascinating tale of a life lived
Article
/ 14 June 2013

A fascinating tale of a life lived

All That Is is indeed about this, or at any rate about as much of life as we feeble humans are able to grasp.

By Jane Rosenthal
The legacy of a lost paradise
Article
/ 14 June 2013

The legacy of a lost paradise

The story of a missionary in rural Venda is a South African narrative that hasn’t really been explored.

By Jane Rosenthal
Japan: Mayor sparks outrage for justifying WW2 ‘comfort women’
Article
/ 14 May 2013

Japan: Mayor sparks outrage for justifying WW2 ‘comfort women’

China has expressed outrage over remarks by the mayor of Osaka who said Japan’s system of military brothels during World War II was "necessary".

By Reuters
An attempt to restore dignity after the Nazi regime
Article
/ 22 February 2013

An attempt to restore dignity after the Nazi regime

A new exhibition focuses on the rarely mentioned Nazi regime’s persecution of homosexuals.

By Brent Meersman
Airport evacuated after World War II bomb scare
Article
/ 29 August 2012

Airport evacuated after World War II bomb scare

Authorities have evacuated parts of Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport after workers found an unexploded World War II bomb underground near a busy terminal.

By Gilbert Kreijger
Blame psychological warfare
Article
/ 16 March 2012

Blame psychological warfare

The latest Kandahar massacre has illustrated how soldier’s have hardened and how their natural ‘shoot-to-miss’ instinct have been stifled.

By Giles Fraser
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Article
/ 18 January 2012

Uproar over first German post-war reprint of Mein Kampf

Academics say the time has come for some of the taboos surrounding Hitler’s book in Germany to fall.

By Yannick Pasquet
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Article
/ 4 November 2011

War wasn’t hell for Heller

Fans of Joseph Heller’s novel <em>Catch-22 </em>may be surprised to learn that the author actually enjoyed his military service during World War II.

By Stephen Bates
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Article
/ 9 August 2011

Farewell to Nancy Wake, who ran rings around the Nazis

The WWII resistance heroine, who has died aged 98, was ‘a force of nature’ who topped the Gestapo’s most-wanted list.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 9 August 2011

Nancy Wake, WWII heroine, dies aged 98

The WW2 resistance heroine, who has died aged 98, was ‘a force of nature’ who topped the Gestapo’s most-wanted list.

By Staff Reporter
‘When the attack came, we were not ready’
Article
/ 22 June 2011

‘When the attack came, we were not ready’

Russia on Wednesday marked 70 years since the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany, an event that apparently caught Stalin totally unprepared.

By Stuart Williams
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Article
/ 14 April 2011

WWII guerrilla execution site located

Serbian officials say they have located the site where a World War II royalist guerrilla was executed as a traitor by postwar communist authorities.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 29 July 2008

Thousands evacuated in Budapest as WWII bomb found

Hungary police evacuated thousands of people in Budapest on Tuesday where experts prepared to defuse a World War II bomb found on a construction site.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 11 June 2008

World War II mass grave found in southern Russia

Russian historians have tracked down a mass grave on a remote front in World War II believed to contain the remains of 1 000 German and Soviet soldiers, a researcher said on Wednesday.

By Staff Reporter
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