World War Ii
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Watch: Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy dances with contagious energy
-
‘I wish he had not forgotten values in his quest for success’: Navika Kumar on Arnab Goswami’s chats
-
‘You can’t enforce non-law’: Trader Joe’s manager rejects entry to spirited anti-mask protestors
-
Watch: Ravi Shastri’s stirring speech – ‘Enjoy the moment lads, these things don’t happen daily’
-
Rajdeep Sardesai: Thank you Rahane and Co, in gloomy times we needed a blissful moment like this
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
‘Violence is never the answer’: Melania Trump asks Americans to ‘choose love’ in her farewell speech
-
Watch: Ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration, US TV hosts wrap up Donald Trump’s volatile presidency
-
Watch: Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny moments before he was arrested
-
‘I wish he had not forgotten values in his quest for success’: Navika Kumar on Arnab Goswami’s chats
-
Watch: Rapper CarryMinati meets his younger self in moving new single inspired by his teenage years
-
The Dunkirk evacuation on film before Christopher Nolan landed there
The historic British operation finally gets the big-budget Hollywood treatment.
Devarsi Ghosh
-
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
-
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
-
‘Gandii Baat’ trailer: AltBalaji erotic thriller series is now into season six
-
‘The Legend of Hanuman’ trailer: Animated series features the voice of Sharad Kelkar
-
‘Mission Frontline’ trailer: Rana Daggubati anchors a tribute to the Border Security Force
-
How Netflix series ‘Bridgerton’ adapted the period costume drama for the digital age
-
Last chance to watch: Documentaries and animated films about women and nature
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Unbeaten Haryana and Bihar qualify for knock-outs
-
ISL: Odisha’s second-half fightback earns them a point against in-form Hyderabad
-
Proud to be a part of this unit: Indian team’s reactions to incredible Tests series win in Australia
-
Thailand Open: Sai Praneeth out after positive coronavirus test, Srikanth also forced to withdraw
-
Kho-kho: Scientific evaluation program to be used to select players in national coaching camp