Daily Archives: March 16, 2022

I believe this is the one instance in the entire museum where I saw the word “Nazi”, and it is in the translation of a contemporary publication. The military of the USSR is always Soviets, never Russians, but Poland has … Continue reading →

National WW II Museum New Orleans: The role of women in the Polish resistance movement and the Warsaw Uprising was crucial. Women held a variety of important positions, ranging from traditional female roles—cleaning, making beds, cooking, and delivering food—to serving … Continue reading →

Guardian: Boris Johnson has compared Vladimir Putin to a drug dealer who managed to hook western nations on Russian supplies of oil and gas, ahead of a trip to the Middle East in an attempt to diversify the sources of … Continue reading →

Guardian: A detainee at a secret CIA detention site in Afghanistan was used as a living prop to teach trainee interrogators, who lined up to take turns at knocking his head against a plywood wall, leaving him with brain damage, according to … Continue reading →