The preparations are in full swing for the parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. Troops from many countries will march across Red Square to be reviewed by heads of state including Chinese President Xi Jinping. It i...
A 20-minute video, filmed by a U.S. Allies representative, has made its debut in a museum in Hunan Province. Serving as an important testimony of the Chinese People's victory, the video footage demonstrates the signing of a surrender memorandum by th...
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After the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, the Potsdam Conference saw Allied powers look ahead to the battle with Japan and the post-war order. Attended by the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and China, the conference culminated in...
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Mr Beevor is keener than Mr Hastings on detailing the horror. He is particularly vivid in describing the barbarities that became commonplace during the carnage on the Eastern front. Frozen German corpses littering the battlefield were frequently miss...
The majority of the civilian soldiers of the Western democracies, by contrast, just wanted to survive and return to normal life as soon as possible. That also meant that American and British generals had to eschew the dashing aggression of their Russ...
Mr Hastings's technique is to mine the written record of those who took part both actively and passively. His witnesses range from the men whose decisions sent millions to their deaths to the ordinary soldiers who carried out their orders and the civ...
Books and Arts;Book review;The second world war; 文艺;书评;第二次世界大战; Counting the cost; 二战代价几何? Two British historians analyse the 20th centurys worst conflict. 看两位英国历史学家如何剖析20世纪最严重...
Asia Commemorates End of World War II 亚洲纪念二战胜利 Asia has been commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. From solemn ceremonies like this in a temple in Seoul to dem...