Tag: history
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In a crowded, Zambian slum on VE Day, a family gathered to bury one of the last veterans of Britain’s colonial army. Jaston Khosa of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment was… more ›
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Venezuela’s National Bolivarian Armed Forces have been described as “impenetrable,” with very little about the country’s military publicly known — other than that it clearly plays a large role in… more ›
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The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States Haskell… more ›
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Dans une pièce de la Cité internationale universitaire de Paris dans le 14ème arrondissement, Olivier BARROT reçoit Patrick BUISSON pour son livre “1940-1945 années érotiques”, enquête sur la vie sexuelle… more ›
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The Navy is scared to death that rival countries like China, Russia and Iran might sink its multibillion dollar surface ships with powerful cruise missiles and waves of cheap drones.… more ›
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On August 13, 1961, East German forces closed the borders of East Berlin and encircled the allied sectors of the city’s western half. Two weeks later, American photographer Leonard Freed… more ›
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The impact of colonial rule on sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the subject of intense debate and controversy. Barely a year goes by in the UK without a public figure… more ›