World War II

19 May 2013

It was January 16, 1945, a day that saw the heaviest American bombing of Japanese targets in Hong Kong. Between 9am and 5pm, 154 tonnes of bombs were dropped, and hundreds of thousands of machine...

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War veteran recovers dog tag from France after 69 years

10 May 2013

A small, weathered piece of silver has finally finished its journey from a back yard in southern France to the 90-year-old US veteran who lost his identification on the battlefield during Europe's...

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Japan admits war sex slavery investigation 'limited'

9 May 2013

Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial troops coerced Asian women into sexual slavery before and...

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Book sheds light on Hong Kong's war tribunals

28 Apr 2013

Memories of the cruelty of the Japanese forces in Hong Kong have faded over time - and even less is known about the aftermath of the city's second world war occupation.

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British major served as judge and prosecutor in Hong Kong tribunals

28 Apr 2013

Of all the people Suzannah Linton interviewed for her book on military tribunals in Hong Kong after the second world war, it was retired Major Murray Ormsby who made the greatest impact.

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Telling kids about the Holocaust

15 Apr 2013

When you're in grade seven, it's hard to grasp what life might have been like for those interned in a concentration camp during the second world war. It's even harder to fully understand the...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Abe likely to anger neighbours with war revision

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said a new statement should be issued in 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, although the contents of the planned...

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Japan must apologise to wartime sex slaves

Every Wednesday a group of elderly Korean women hold a meeting in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul. They are the few surviving "comfort women", victims of Japanese colonisation, and they...

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Russia remembers Stalingrad battle as finest hour

In a new display of national pride and reminder of its status as a world power, Russia on Saturday remembers the Red Army victory in the battle of Stalingrad over invading Nazi forces, one of the...

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RUGBY UNION

Grandfather's heroism in Saint-Andre's DNA

Philippe Saint-Andre's grandfather, also Philippe, was mayor of the small mountainous village of La Chapelle-en-Vercors in southeast France, but on July 25, 1944, he along with 15 other members of...

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NEW ZEALAND

'Secrets and Treasures' book reveals bizarre facts

A book reveals historical gems buried in New Zealand's national archives, including a bizarre second world war plan to create a "tsunami bomb" and military files detailing supposed UFO sightings...

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NANKING MASSACRE

10,000 gather to recall victims of Nanking massacre

Air raid sirens sounded in the eastern city of Nanjing yesterday as nearly 10,000 people attended a ceremony to mourn those who died 75 years ago in the Nanking massacre.

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