World War Ii
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On 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, it’s time to honour India’s role in fighting fascism
To view the service of the British Indian Army during the conflict as some colonial humiliation is highly myopic.
Ranvijay Singh
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Renia’s Diary is the intimate memoir of a 14-year-old Jewish girl as WWII exploded
Renia Spiegel’s diary isn’t quite holocaust literature. It is simply a record of the hopes, dreams, concerns and fears of a life lost too early.
Dan Stone, The Conversation
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Soviet war memorials continue to strain Eastern Europe’s relations with Russia
The Soviet programme of building war memorials in Eastern Bloc countries was a bid to win the hearts and minds of future generations.
Antony Kalashnikov, The Conversation
Trending
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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‘Extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests’: US government report flags human rights abuses in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Wreckage of World War II ship USS Lexington found 76 years later off Australia’s east coast
Photographs of the well-preserved wreck discovered in the Coral Sea show the warship’s nameplate and guns.
Scroll Staff
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US Navy finds wreckage of World War 2 warship USS Indianapolis 72 years after it sank
The vessel was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945, and it sank in just 12 minutes.
Scroll Staff
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Dunkirk was a humiliating military defeat but still ended up as a victory for British morale
Operation Dynamo came to represent British resilience, but it came at a terrible cost.
Gerard Oram,The Conversation
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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The Dunkirk evacuation on film before Christopher Nolan landed there
The historic British operation finally gets the big-budget Hollywood treatment.
Devarsi Ghosh
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Ghost ships: Why are World War II naval wrecks vanishing in Indonesia?
Sunken World War II warships, the final resting place for thousands of sailors, have been disappearing in Indonesia.
Natali Pearson, The Conversation
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Let action in Holocaust memorials open a discussion, instead of shaming
Visitors know they have to 'act sad'. After walking in the memorial, German visitors often say, 'maybe this is how the Jews felt'.
Irit Dekel, The Conversation
The Reel
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Anne Frank may not have been betrayed to Nazis, but discovered by chance, say researchers
The Amsterdam museum dedicated to the Holocaust diarist said her safe house might have been raided over a ration fraud.
Scroll Staff
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The link between uranium from the Congo and Hiroshima: A story of twin tragedies
The mine that produced the uranium that made the Hiroshima bomb has since been closed.
Susan Williams, The Conversation
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94-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard goes on trial in Germany
Reinhold Hanning is charged with being an accessory to the murder of at least 1,70,000 people at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp in Poland.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces