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Kremlin shrugs off D-Day snub, ministry says West wants to 'erase' Red Army role
Reuters· 5 days agoThe French presidency said on Thursday that Russia would not be invited to the events next week...
‘Endgame 1944’ Review: A Savage Conflict in the East
The Wall Street Journal· 3 days agoJonathan Dimbleby wants to remind us of the fighting going on elsewhere that year, equally momentous if not more so. “After a protracted and barbaric...
World Focus: Dinner table conversation
Daily Press· 1 day agoDuring a recent dinner party at a friend’s house in Williamsburg, I was asked, as a Holocaust survivor who escaped from a Nazi slave-labor camp and...
Veterans gather for last big D-Day anniversary under cloud of new war in Europe
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe D-Day 80th anniversary commemorations in Normandy, France, reflect a Europe where peace has been...
Today in History: Joan of Arc burned at the stake
Chicago Tribune· 7 days agoOn May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France. In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in a ceremony attended by President ...
Why we commemorate D-Day, 80 years later
The Bradford Era· 7 hours agoBritish infantryman Wilf Todd wrote to his wife of the pre-dawn hours of June 6: “I prayed that night as I have never prayed in my life…My heart was...
WATCH: China Takes CNN Off The Air As Anderson Cooper Marks 35 Years Since Tiananmen Square Massacre
Mediaite· 6 hours agoCNN was taken off the air in China on Tuesday night as Anderson Cooper marked the 35th anniversary...
Europe Needs Forts Again
Foreign Policy Magazine· 1 day agoPoland has announced that it is building massive fortifications along its borders with Russia and Belarus. Serious money is going into this: 10 billion...
Richmond's soccer teams are drawing huge crowds at City Stadium
Axios· 5 days agoIf the number of butts in seats is any indication, Richmond is something of a hotbed for soccer. Why...
Murphy's Law: Cleverly Creating Chaos
Strategy Page· 7 days agoJune 22, 2023: In Ukraine, Russian commanders made a lot of mistakes and one of the most fatal, and personal, was not making an effort to conceal their field headquarters. The Ukrainians took ...