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Tojo: the rise and fall of Japan's most controversial World War II general
7+ hour, 57+ min ago (654+ words) The Past website Tojo: the rise and fall of Japan's most controversial World War II general Hideki Tojo was Japan's most important policymaker of WWII. As detailed in Gary Bass's 2023 study Judgment at Tokyo, he was the highest official to…...
The day Sussex died: The Battle of the Boar's Head, 30 June 1916 | The Past
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (287+ words) Feint it may have been " yet in just under five hours, the Boar's Head cost the lives of more than 350 soldiers from the 11th, 12th, and 13th Battalions of the Royal Sussex, while more than 1, 000 were wounded or taken prisoner. This is their…...
Judgement at Nuremberg | The Past
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (373+ words) Eye-witness accounts added powerful human dimensions to the evidence. Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, a French resistance fighter and Auschwitz survivor, vividly described conditions at the camp and the horrors of the gas chambers. By combining documentary evidence with personal accounts, these testimonies…...
The Tsar's last victory: The Brusilov Offensive, June-September 1916 | The Past
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (279+ words) Brusilov was fortunate in facing a weak enemy. Brusilov himself would achieve national fame for his part in Russia's hard-won success. Widely regarded as the best Russian commander of the First World War, he would later go on to serve…...
War Classics - With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa | The Past
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (616+ words) It is training that enables the young marines to face and overcome fear, an emotion which they are assured is perfectly natural. As the amphibious transports carry Sledge and his comrades to the beach at Peleliu, he feels the inevitable…...
Germany's First World War Aviators: the lives of fliers | The Past
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (190+ words) REVIEW BY NICHOLAS SAUNDERS The Past is a brand new website that brings together the most exciting stories and the very best writing from the worlds of history, archaeology, ancient art and heritage. The site is powered by our unique…...
Project to preserve Second World War Devastator torpedo bomber | The Past
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (222+ words) The team therefore aims to recover the aeroplane and, following cleaning and conservation, to place it on display in the new national Museum of the United States Navy, which is currently under development in Washington, DC. The Past is a brand…...
Excavations at former concentration camp | The Past
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (275+ words) This research produced extensive insights into the structure of the camp, revealing the remains of buildings and barrier fences, as well as into the period following its liberation. Archaeologists also found many traces of the prisoners" everyday lives, including personal…...
War on Film - Nuremberg | The Past
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (542+ words) There is no sense in the film of the months that pass in the courtroom. From March to July 1946, defence lawyers presented their arguments. Hundreds of witnesses were called and most of the defendants were questioned. Many tried to blame…...
Military History Matters 150 | The Past
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (370+ words) This issue, we celebrate the 90th birthday of arguably history's most famous fighter aircraft by marking the moment on 5 March 1936 when the Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 took to the skies above Southampton on its maiden flight. That brief test flight was to…...