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Remembering War’s Youngest Victims — New Museum Spotlights Children of Armed Conflict
“The project has gathered artifacts from 2,000 donors and captured more than 70 hours of audio and video from eyewitnesses.” A NEW MUSEUM set to open in Sarajevo seeks to commemorate the smallest victims of armed conflict…
Jutland Remembered – 36 Hours that Changed the Course of WW1 (Video)
“The grandson of John Jellicoe, the British admiral in command at Jutland, has released a short film about the battle.” NEXT MONTH MARKS the 100th anniversary of the First World War’s greatest naval engagement: The Battle…
The Lost Doughboys — The Hunt Continues for American MIAs from WW1
“Organizers hope that Doughboy MIA will help raise awareness of the sacrifices made a century ago by U.S. soldiers, sailors and marines during during the so called War to End All Wars.” AS MANY AS 4 million…
The Nataruk Massacre – Pre-Historic Battleground Holds Clues to Earliest Human Conflicts
“The find suggests that pre-historic peoples used violence to secure resources and land – not unlike their modern-day descendants.” THE BODIES OF 27 stone-age humans, recently unearthed in northern Kenya, are offering science new insights into…
History Repeating – America’s Special Forces War in Syria Eerily Similar to Vietnam
“The problem in Syria today, just as in Vietnam, is that there is no charted avenue for U.S. military action to lead to Washington’s goals — hence the incoherence of strategy.” By John Prados PIOUS…
WATCH NOW — Harvard Historian Reconsiders Loyalists in Revolutionary America
“Jasanoff puts a human face on America’s vilified Tories. She explores why they fought against independence and reveals what became of them after the revolution.” MHN IS PLEASED to bring you Harvard University history professor Maya Jasanoff‘s recent presentation about Loyalists in the Revolutionary War. A video of…
