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80th anniversary of The Hump, WW2 operation from the China-Burma-India arena

The Daily Telegraph 02 Mar 2025
Friction between the Allies was a fact of the war, but in the CBI this was massaged into vicious enmity and it spawned many shocking and now little-known events ... As the war evolved, reality checked these plans.
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Watch Over 15 Oscar-Winning Short Documentaries for Free Online

Learn Out Loud 01 Mar 2025
Much like the documentary features, the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film started off by honoring World War II propaganda films like Churchill’s Island (1941) and December 7th (1943).
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Greek-Australians Walk ANZAC Trail in Crete for Cancer Awareness

Greek Reporter 01 Mar 2025
Eighty-four years after the historic Battle of Crete during World War II, a group of Greek-Australians is preparing to honor ANZAC in a unique way in Greece ... The Battle of Crete in May 1941 was a turning point in World War II.
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A journey and reflection in Japan

Manila Bulletin 01 Mar 2025
The relationship between the Philippines and Japan has undergone a remarkable transformation since the dark days of World War II, when Japan invaded and occupied the Philippines from 1941 to 1945.
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Trump has begun a mafia-like struggle for global power

The News International 01 Mar 2025
Meanwhile, when borders are contestable wars will follow ... However, wars now involve space and cyberspace, so physical distance offers even less protection than it did in 1941, when Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor ended America’s isolationism.
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What the Anti-Trump Resistance Can Learn From German Nazis

WhoWhatWhy 28 Feb 2025
The year is 1941 and Adolf Hitler is at the height of his power. Germany is winning the war, and the “Führer” is widely popular ... They may not support giving Ukraine more money, but they sure as hell know who started that war.
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EDITORIAL: Starmer gives us the royal kiss-off

Toronto Sun 28 Feb 2025
This country leaped to the defence of Britain in two world wars.RECOMMENDED VIDEO ... We were there from the beginning of the Second World War in 1939. Americans waited until Pearl Harbor was attacked at the end of 1941.
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Lionel Crabb: The Mystery Behind the Missing British Frogman

War History Online 28 Feb 2025
During the Second World War, there were a variety of special units created to deal with threats from enemies both at home and overseas ... A British “frogman,” Crabb served throughout the entirety of the war.
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The anti-Truman

Wilmington News Journal 27 Feb 2025
Ever since Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, the United States had provided enormous financial and military support to Stalin to the tune of tens of billions of dollars, not just to ...
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From the Archives: New housing

San Diego Union-Tribune 27 Feb 2025
... 1941 in Linda Vista for defense industry workers during the war effort.
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Rose Girone, Oldest Holocaust Survivor, Dies at 113

Sun Sentinel 27 Feb 2025
Rose Girone was eight months pregnant and living in Breslau, Germany, in 1938 when her husband was sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp ... Girone was 113 ... But once Japan declared war in 1941, Jews were rounded up into a ghetto ... ....
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Russian Embassy celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day

The Peninsula 27 Feb 2025
... commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 19411945, express gratitude to veterans, and acknowledge the heroic deeds of participants in the special military operation.
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Third generation violinmaker Avshi Weinstein turns trauma from the Holocaust into hope

Knox News 27 Feb 2025
Weinstein is the grandson of Jewish immigrants to Palestine from Lithuania ... The violins during World War II were more than just instruments ... The Palestine Orchestra was a ticket out of Europe for many before the borders were closed in 1941 ... That's it.".
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Vicente Rama, iconic politician and writer from Cebu

The Manila Times 26 Feb 2025
He clearly saw the niche — the rising readership in Cebuano and the new readership in English — and filled it."Bag-ong Kusog" was published for 27 years, cut short only by the outbreak of World War II in 1941.
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