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Intelligence agency’s 1981 assessment of climate-change threat was remarkably accurate

Intelligence agency’s 1981 assessment of climate-change threat was remarkably accurate

Feb 3, 2025

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Australia’s national intelligence agency has released a report that ‘examines the implications of the increasing accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as a result of the burning of fossil fuels, with special reference to Australia as a producer and exporter of coal’. It flags that ‘major economic and social adjustments’ are going to be required as a result.

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Inventing Special Forces: Operation Jaywick

Inventing Special Forces: Operation Jaywick

Jan 30, 2025

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Modern special forces are capable of astonishing feats of arms, from crippling their opponents’ infrastructure to derailing entire campaigns. While soldiers have been detailed for highly specialised and dangerous tasks since before history began, the first true forbears to today’s special forces were first established in the midst of the Second World War, when the Axis powers seemed poised to seize victory at any moment.

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Military History

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Free France was African: the Story of France’s African Soldiers in WW2

Free France was African: the Story of France’s African Soldiers in WW2

Jan 23, 2025

Reading time: 15 minutes From a humble, precarious exile in London, Free France patched together from soldiers and sailors of the scattered French military under the leadership of General Charles de Gaulle. One of the most storied resistance movements in World War II, far-flung Frenchmen swelled in number until hundreds of thousands could return to liberate France in 1944.

Political and Economic History

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History’s Greatest Misconceptions Debunked

History’s Greatest Misconceptions Debunked

Jan 16, 2025

Reading time: 7 minutes From Napoleon being short to slaves building the pyramids, there are hundreds of common historical misconceptions floating around. Sometimes deliberate propaganda attempts created by political enemies, and occasionally simple misunderstandings of the truth, people love to recite interesting facts and titbits about history, but not all of them are completely true. Here are some of the most famous misconceptions about history you may have heard of, along with some surprising accurate revelations.

Social and Cultural History

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Our savage history of fighting bushfires

Our savage history of fighting bushfires

Jan 20, 2025

Reading time: 6 minutes Bushfires are tragically fought by families, neighbours, volunteers, and professional firefighters, all risking their lives. Facing a wall of roaring flames is a terrifying prospect, too often with the direst consequences. The deaths of these individuals must be honoured as continual reminders of the fragility of the human condition against nature, but also of the heroism that is often remembered posthumously.

History Audiobooks

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World – Audiobook

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World – Audiobook

On his first journey Cook mapped the east coast of Australia, on his second the British Admiralty sent him into the vast Southern Ocean. Equipped with one of the first accurate chronometers, Cook pushed his small vessel not merely into the Roaring Forties or the Furious Fifties but become the first explorer to penetrate the Antarctic Circle, reaching an incredible Latitude 71 degrees South, just failing to discover Antarctica.

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