World War II

Hooves, hounds, and heroes: Animal soldiers of World War I and II

Amidst the chaos of World War I and II, animals played crucial roles, serving as loyal companions, transporters, messengers, and even soldiers on the front lines. Let's take a look at how these unsung heroes made significant contributions to the war efforts during World War I and II.

Barbenheimer was insensitive, actually

Why is it okay to make memes and jokes about Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

The need for a new US foreign policy

Unless US foreign policy is changed to recognise the need for a multipolar world, it will lead to more wars, and possibly World War III.

Chattogram War Cemetery: A World War II memorial

World War II scars are still visible around the world. Chattogram was an important strategic location for the allied forces. In order to tackle the threat from Japan, to occupy Myanmar, and to block access to India, Chattogram was turned into a battleground.

London City Airport shut after WW2 bomb found in Thames

All flights to and from London's City Airport were cancelled on Monday after an unexploded World War Two bomb was discovered in the River Thames at George V Dock, the airport said.

Wreckage of lost ship USS Indianapolis found after seven decades

Researchers say they have discovered wreckage of the lost warship the USS Indianapolis, 72 years after the World War II cruiser was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.

Nagasaki Day / “A peep into hell”

Having dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima, Brigadier-General Paul Warfield Tibbets Junior—pilot of the first plane (Enola Gay) to drop the atomic bomb—said to have blinked from the flash behind his goggles. When he opened his eyes to look down, what he saw, he described as “a peep into hell.”

Japan marks 72 years since Hiroshima atomic bomb

Japan marks 72 years since the world's first nuclear attack on Hiroshima, with the nation's traditional contradictions over atomic weapons again coming into focus.

Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki / “An ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages”

Even after long seventy years of the most catastrophic event of the last century, the jury is still out on whether the bombings of the two Japanese cities were justified, morally or strategically.

November 17, 2023
November 17, 2023

Hooves, hounds, and heroes: Animal soldiers of World War I and II

Amidst the chaos of World War I and II, animals played crucial roles, serving as loyal companions, transporters, messengers, and even soldiers on the front lines. Let's take a look at how these unsung heroes made significant contributions to the war efforts during World War I and II.

August 13, 2023
August 13, 2023

Barbenheimer was insensitive, actually

Why is it okay to make memes and jokes about Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

April 16, 2023
April 16, 2023

The need for a new US foreign policy

Unless US foreign policy is changed to recognise the need for a multipolar world, it will lead to more wars, and possibly World War III.

May 31, 2022
May 31, 2022

Chattogram War Cemetery: A World War II memorial

World War II scars are still visible around the world. Chattogram was an important strategic location for the allied forces. In order to tackle the threat from Japan, to occupy Myanmar, and to block access to India, Chattogram was turned into a battleground.

February 12, 2018
February 12, 2018

London City Airport shut after WW2 bomb found in Thames

All flights to and from London's City Airport were cancelled on Monday after an unexploded World War Two bomb was discovered in the River Thames at George V Dock, the airport said.

August 20, 2017
August 20, 2017

Wreckage of lost ship USS Indianapolis found after seven decades

Researchers say they have discovered wreckage of the lost warship the USS Indianapolis, 72 years after the World War II cruiser was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.

August 9, 2017
August 9, 2017

“A peep into hell”

Having dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima, Brigadier-General Paul Warfield Tibbets Junior—pilot of the first plane (Enola Gay) to drop the atomic bomb—said to have blinked from the flash behind his goggles. When he opened his eyes to look down, what he saw, he described as “a peep into hell.”

August 6, 2017
August 6, 2017

Japan marks 72 years since Hiroshima atomic bomb

Japan marks 72 years since the world's first nuclear attack on Hiroshima, with the nation's traditional contradictions over atomic weapons again coming into focus.

August 6, 2017
August 6, 2017

“An ethical standard common to the barbarians of the Dark Ages”

Even after long seventy years of the most catastrophic event of the last century, the jury is still out on whether the bombings of the two Japanese cities were justified, morally or strategically.

June 5, 2017
June 5, 2017

World War II monuments vandalised and left to rot

On a mountain outside the Bosnian town of Prozor sits the gigantic monument "Makljen". It used to symbolise the brave fight of Yugoslav partisans against Nazi Germany in the famous Second World War battle of "Neretva".

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