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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‘Animal’ review: Hard to stomach – but equally hard to ignore
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An Indian artist who helped decolonise Christian art has been relegated to the margins in death
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup: From broken ankle to historic title, Preeti eyes redemption
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‘Sam Bahadur’ review: A little bit of everything and nothing about any one thing in particular
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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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: This low-budget version of Jung Kook’s ‘Seven’ music video recreated by Thai fans is a hit
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Watch: Man gets married in hospital after falling sick with dengue just before wedding
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Watch: Stray dog gets stuck in drain below road, firefighters drill through the surface to rescue it
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Watch: Shah Rukh Khan fans from India and abroad participate in the ‘Lutt Putt Gaya’ dance challenge
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Glimpses of how the trapped workers lived inside, waiting to be rescued
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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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‘Animal’ review: Hard to stomach – but equally hard to ignore
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Watch: Trailer of ‘Mad Max’ spinoff ‘Furiosa’ is out
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‘Dhootha’ review: An entertaining yarn about media ethics
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Interview: ‘The Archies’ movie is ‘nostalgic, magical, a storybook come to life’
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‘Sam Bahadur’ review: A little bit of everything and nothing about any one thing in particular
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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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Boxing, Men’s National C’ships: Shiva Thapa, Amit Panghal, Sagar reach finals after dominating wins
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Watch, Cricket: Uganda men’s team celebrates after qualifying for the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Bengaluru FC fight back to hold debutants Punjab FC to a draw
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup: India suffer narrow defeat to Germany in second group game
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Pro Kabaddi League: Thousand years old, going on 10 – the sport comes of age in its latest season