World War 1– the initial New Zealand response
25 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - New Zealand, war and peace Tags: World War I
The Gallipoli campaign: the Allies invade Turkey
25 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, war and peace Tags: Anzac Day, Gallipoli campaign, World War I
Map of British Government’s travel advice
24 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in transport economics, war and peace Tags: maps
Map showing the British Government's travel advice http://t.co/MRJX6oLv7b—
Amazing Maps (@Amazing_Maps) April 23, 2015
Lincoln’s assassins were still at large, this day 1865
20 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, law and economics, war and peace Tags: Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, crime and punishment, political assassinations
Wanted poster for murderer of President Lincoln, still at large, 150 years ago this month: #LOC http://t.co/IRCjup0RU0—
Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) April 15, 2015
How Libya’s 2011 War changed Africa
20 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in war and peace Tags: Arab Spring, Libya, Middle-East politics, war against terror
Warsaw Jewish Ghetto uprising, today 1943
19 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in laws of war, war and peace Tags: Nazi Germany, Poland, The Holocaust, war crimes, Warsaw Ghetto, World War II
Sinclair Davidson today not only reminded of the Warsaw Jewish ghetto uprising this day 1943, but also that the little boy in the famous photo below lived a long life. The ghetto fighters held out for more than a month. The uprising was three days before the planned liquidation of the ghetto.
PHOTO OF THE DAY: A young Jewish boy holds up his hands to SS officers at end of the Warsaw ghetto uprising (1943). http://t.co/nrPBYNGw1D—
Prof.Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) January 20, 2015
The German soldier pointing the gun at him is executed for war crimes in 1969.
19th of April – 72 anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising http://t.co/RQkDfL5y5Z—
MalgorzataKalinowska (@emaginal) April 18, 2015
Source: The ‘Warsaw Ghetto Boy’.
This Day 1945, British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
15 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
On this Day – 1945, British troops liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, near Celle in northern Germany. http://t.co/TAGVMudUhm—
Roger Moorhouse (@Roger_Moorhouse) April 15, 2015
Where are the internally displaced people in the world?
13 Apr 2015 1 Comment
in Economics of international refugee law, war and peace Tags: refugees
number of internally displaced people worldwide stands at an all time high: 33 million. here's a map of them. http://t.co/2Q6MLJCKTs—
Laurence Chandy (@laurencechandy) June 13, 2014
America entered World War I, this day in 1917
07 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, war and peace Tags: World War I
Americans enter World War I on this day in 1917. timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1… http://t.co/CDoFZMzJUw—
NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) April 06, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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