Heroes and villains: how history picks the winners
MURPHY The Second World War movie Darkest Hour raises questions about perspective and reality (PREMIUM membership content)
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Tag: Second World War
Poland’s 20th century tragedy
MURPHY Stuck between Germany and the Soviet Union didn’t stop thousands of Poles from contributing to the war effort in the 1940s ($$)
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Adolf Hitler’s fateful mistake
MURPHY If Hitler had declared war on Japan in support of the U.S., he might have kept the U.S. out of the European war. And that would have changed history ($$)
Read MoreRaphael Lemkin: the man who coined the word genocide
Lemkin lobbied tirelessly for the United Nations to adopt a definition of the word genocide
Read MoreDunkirk and the maligned Belgians
(Troy Media) When disaster comes calling, shifting the blame is generally not too far behind, and war is the perfect setting for laying blame
Read MoreMystery still swirls around Hitler’s death 72 years later
MICALLEF (Troy Media) Barring the release of some smoking gun document buried in intelligence archives, the question of whether Hitler died in his bunker will probably never be settled
Read MoreLesson from the tragedy of the MS St. Louis
CHIDIAC (Troy Media) We turned away a ship full of gifted souls, ready and willing to use their talents for the betterment of Canada, before because of our irrational fears
Read MoreIrena Sendler’s remarkable courage should inspire us all
CHIDIAC (Troy Media) As a member of the Polish underground in Warsaw, Sendler saved thousands of Jewish children from the Nazis because she had the courage to follow her convictions
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