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War tunes that had no boundaries

War tunes that had no boundaries

by Talking Humanities | Feb 5, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law

Martin Plaut, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, explains why Soviet troops sang Boer War tunes while fighting Nazi forces. ‘The night is overthrown. The sun is rising. Forward, the Red Navy, forward, Soviet youth!’ The words are pure...
Congo: its past, present and link to Hiroshima

Congo: its past, present and link to Hiroshima

by Talking Humanities | Aug 18, 2016 | Analysis & Comment, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Public Engagement

Dr Susan Williams, whose new book, Spies in the Congo: America’s Atomic Mission in World War II, centres on the covert race between the Americans and the Nazis to get their hands on all the uranium in the Belgian Congo, reports on a groundbreaking event that put the...

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