Nazis and the Arab World
In Algeria, where the French Vichy regime also held power in the early years of the war, tens of thousands of Jews were stripped of their citizenship and many placed in internment camps.
Read moreIn Algeria, where the French Vichy regime also held power in the early years of the war, tens of thousands of Jews were stripped of their citizenship and many placed in internment camps.
Read moreThe beret is synonymous with romantic France, and became the fashion piece for early 19th Century farmers and shepherds in the Basque region. It was also adopted as a symbol by the French Resistance in World War II.
Read moreJapan invaded Burma in 1942, then part of the British Empire, beginning one of the longest campaigns fought by the British during the war.
Read moreDuring World War Two (1939 -1945), the so-called D-Day Beaches, stretching across the northern coast of Normandy between the beaches of Sword and Utah were the scene of the largest military operation ever mounted.
Read moreThe first part of this journey, 1500 miles or so from Moscow to the remote city of Labytnangi on the edge of the Arctic Circle, can be travelled by regular passenger train. Departing from Yaroslavskaya Station in Moscow every other day, the ‘Polar Arrow’ express sleeper train takes around 48 hours to reach the end of the line at Labytnangi. Travelling across a bleak, almost featureless landscape for hour after hour, travellers have plenty of time to reflect on the terrible conditions under which the railway line was originally built, during WWII.
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