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World War II veteran and Rat of Tobruk Sydney George Kinsman dies in Alice Springs, aged 100

Sydney George Kinsman was a veteran of some of the biggest battles of World War II, including the Siege of Tobruk and First Battle of El Alamein, and escaped after being captured as a prisoner of war.

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Relatives pay tribute to soldier from Wishaw who was awarded VC for bravery in France

Private William J Milne's life was recognised in a wreath laying ceremony by cousins from the USA

Daily Record

The pee of mother mice smells like bananas and their male peers can’t handle it — study

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read about a strange effect of mice urine, Ingenuity helicopter's latest record flight on Mars, Wonder Woman, and more.

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Review: 'Benediction' is a shattering biopic of the English war poet Siegfried Sassoon

"Benediction," Terence Davies' achingly beautiful portrait of the English war poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon, is a movie of acute sadness and intense pleasure. The pleasure and the sadness are inextricable, which seems fitting, given how closely aesthetic bliss and moral despair were entwined in Sassoon's own art. In furious,…

Los Angeles Times

5 years ago, 'Wonder Woman' influenced Marvel in one surprising way

Five years later, 'Wonder Woman' from Patty Jenkins remains a breathtaking movie defined by a single scene: The "No Man's Land" crossing.

Inverse

Uncle Herb Patten reflects on lifetime of gumleaf playing

Uncle Herb Patten has been making music from gumleaves since he was five years old and wants others to take it up.

ABC News

We must keep up the struggle to end all wars

We can honor our lost loved ones on Memorial Day by searching for that elusive peace. We must encourage our leaders to be peacemakers, to work harder to end existing conflicts and prevent future ones.

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Burbanks gold mine gets new lease on life amid Coolgardie renaissance and WA's latest boom

Coolgardie is enjoying a renaissance and returning to old workings last mined before World War I amid a new WA gold boom, nearly 130 years after it was discovered at the historic location.

ABC News

Watch the Scottish war hero's 1931 Alvis that's set to sell for £50,000

A wonderfully maintained and rare drop-top Alvis tourer that was first owned by a Scots World War I hero is coming up for auction. You can find out all about it and see a video gallery of it here.

Daily Record

Ghosts of Castle, Settlers hotels and Old York Hospital spook and delight tourists in WA town

York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia — and some locals say it’s also the most haunted.

ABC News

New Jersey Coastal Storm Unearths ‘Ghost Tracks’

Strong winds and rain hammered a mid-Atlantic beach for days, uncovering a buried relic from the World War I era.

Zenger

New York's Governor Wants to 'Silence' Constitutionally Protected Speech

In response to the Buffalo massacre, Gov. Kathy Hochul invoked a hoary analogy to justify censorship.

Reason

Grave secrets of trapped WWI German soldiers to stay buried, for now

German and French authorities are debating what to do with a “forgotten mass grave” of German soldiers who perished in a tunnel that was sealed by enemy forces in north-eastern France during World War I.

Radio France Internationale

Russia is being made a pariah state – just like it and the Soviet Union were for most of the last 105 years

The U.S. and its European allies recently said they planned to take a new approach in their relations with Russia: They would isolate and contain the country in the aftermath of its invasion of Ukraine. Doing so would keep Russia out of international organizations, restrict imports and exports, and prevent…

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Nostalgia: It's worse than it used to be

Before the pandemic, nostalgia was a major force in global politics. Donald Trump promised to "make America great again", and Brexiteers won their political battle partly by idealising Britain's imperial past. While Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a "great rejuvenation of the Chinese people", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo…

The Conversation

Plenty of resilience, but little resistance in a new account of Australia's Great Depression

In her latest book, Australia’s Great Depression, Joan Beaumont offers a deeply conservative history animated by the neoliberal spirit of our age.

Reason

After the War

In the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it's time for Europe to step up and America to step back.

Reason

Audio Books on European History

This is the second in a series of recommended audio books. This one focuses on continental European history. Recommended for everyone The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous. By Joseph Henrich. Narrated by Korey Jackson. While this book is global in scope,…

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Aboriginal veterans denied land after war

A family of Aboriginal war veterans was denied land under a government scheme for returning soldiers, Victoria's truth-telling Yoorrook inquiry has heard.

The Independent UK

At Gallipoli battlefields, travelers remember fallen Anzacs

Travelers from Australia and New Zealand joined dignitaries at the former World War I battlefields of Gallipoli in northwest Turkey for a dawn service to honor soldiers who were killed during an unsuccessful British-led campaign that aimed to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war

ABC News

As Australians mark Anzac Day, chance find sheds light on female veteran's WWI story

The album was found in a cupboard during renovations to an aged care home. At first Martha Burns, Queensland's first female dentist, was though to have been its owner — but that doesn't match up with the history of her service during the war.

The Independent UK

Remains of 17 French WWI soldiers buried at Gallipoli

The remains of 17 missing French soldiers who fought in the World War I Battle of Gallipoli have been handed over to French military officials and put to rest alongside other fallen comrades more than a century after their deaths

ABC News

Family reunited with 100-year-old World War I Indigenous soldier's medal ahead of Anzac Day

A century after it was lost, a World War I medal is returned to the family of the Aboriginal soldier it belonged to in Victoria.

The Canberra Times

On the memories, and dogs, of war

While fossicking through the Australian War Memorial archives, I recently stumbled upon a fetching photo of Digger, a dark brown and white stray bulldog that attached himself to soldiers training in 1914 and eventually went "over the top" of the trenches in World War I 16 times.

Tom’s Guide

Best Netflix war movies in July 2024

These are the best Netflix war movies that tell the thrilling true stories behind mankind's most brutal, harrowing battles. Here are the top picks to stream next.

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