ATSEnglishAcronym for "Auxiliary Territorial Service", which was a branch of the British Army in World War II consisted of women. BackbordGermanBackbord is the nautical term that refers to the left side of a ship, as perceived by a person facing towards the bow, or, the front of the sh...
For several decades after 1945, stories would appear from time to time of Japanese soldiers who emerged from the jungles of Pacific islands after hiding out for years, unaware the war had ended. But in The Hiding Place, Robert Shaw imagines the plight of two British airmen held in isolation,...
After the war there were a number of re-settlement schemes for returned soldiers. In general they were not successful because they were under-resourced and poorly managed. They did, however, have the impact of opening up a lot of land in the state's south west. By the end of World W...
Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939–45: queer identities in Australia in the Second World WarSex, Soldiers and the South Pacific 1939-45 explores the lives and loves of men across Australia and forward bases in the south seas and the official responses that sought to regulate and ...
How 'Blackbirders' Forced Tens of Thousands of Pacific Islanders Into Slavery After the Civil War The decline of the American South's cotton and sugar industries paved the way for plantations in British-controlled Fiji and Australia, where victims of "blackbirding" endured horrific working condition...
World War 2 Facts: The Geneva Convention The Geneva convention laid the groundwork for the post-war world. In 1859 a Swiss man, Henry Dunant, was horrified to see thousands of wounded soldiers after a battle being abandoned with no one to offer them aid or help. ...
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In the wake of the First World War in Australia, numerous ex-soldiers appeared before the courts after having committed acts of violence against their wives. Reports and records of these court cases suggest that many in the community accepted explanations that connected men's apparent nerve-shatter...
(2021). FIFA’s Feminist Foot Soldiers: Looking for Equality in the Women’s Game Approaching the 2023 World Cup in Australia and Aotearoa. In: Yanity, M., Sarver Coombs, D. (eds) 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75401-3_...
Korea was split into North Korea and South Korea after World War II ended in 1945. The two countries have been divided since then and have lived through many conflicts. The border between two countries has been closed for many years. This January, however, first talks between the two ...