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Australia is still reckoning with a shameful legacy: the resettlement of suspected war criminals after WWII

Australia is still reckoning with a shameful legacy: the resettlement of suspected war criminals after WWII

by | Mar 13, 2024 | | 0

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Around one million Central and Eastern European “displaced persons” were resettled by the United Nations after the second world war in countries such as Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. This group included soldiers who had fought in German military units, as well as civilian collaborators. The Nazi-led Holocaust had relied on their firepower and administrative skills.

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D-Day succeeded thanks to an ingenious design called the Mulberry Harbours

D-Day succeeded thanks to an ingenious design called the Mulberry Harbours

by | May 24, 2023 | | 0

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When Allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 – a bold invasion of Nazi-held territory that helped tip the balance of World War II – they were using a remarkable and entirely untested technology: artificial ports.

To stage what was then the largest seaborne assault in history, the American, British and Canadian armies needed to get at least 150,000 soldiers, military personnel and all their equipment ashore on day one of the invasion.

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