Category War

Crew of Graf Spee

December 18, 1939 – Losing A Battleship But Gaining Christmas Trees – Sinking The Graf Spee.

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The view from Tokyo

December 1945 – Life In A Postwar Tokyo – Past Daily Reference Room.

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December 16, 2001 – Jabberwocky In The Land Of The Unknown Knowns – The Known Knowns – The Unknown Unknowns.

BBC World Service News + From Our Own Correspondent – December 16, 2001 – BBC World Service Seems like another lifetime ago, but on this December 16th in 2001 we were just getting our feet wet in what was to…

Korea - November-December 1950

December 15, 1950 – War In Korea – The Eerie Familiarity – An Ominous Glance At World War 3 –

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December 13, 1941 – Watcher Of The Skies – America On Alert

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Day of Infamy

December 7, 1941 – Day Of Infamy At Seventy-Nine – America Goes To War.

News reports via Mutual Broadcasting System – December 7, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seventy-two years on, the event which triggered our involvement in World War 2 is getting further and further from the collective memory. Much the same…

Berlin - 1943

December 3, 1943 – Orchestrated Hell – Raid Over Berlin

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Russian Troops - Voronezh

December 1, 1942 – Word From Voronezh – Optimism On The Eastern Front.

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U.S. troops - Runup to Desert Storm - November 1990

November 30, 1990 – The Security Council Votes On War – Concerns Over A Nuclear Threat – Tough Going Anticipated For The Keating Five.

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