‘A miracle of Western tenacity’: how 10 million refugees found homes after World War II
In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to ...
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How we’re covering migration, one of this century’s critical stories
That report declared the 2013 refugee count the highest since World War II. Unfortunately, the record’s been broken every year since. The latest UN report says 68.5 million people had been ...
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The World War II Generation and Vietnam
Attitudes shaped by World War II were not always a good fit in the Vietnam era. Decisions that might have previously gone unchallenged now generated substantial protest. One of the unique pieces ...
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The Use of Radar in the Study of Animal Migration
The potential value of radar for studying animal migration was first discovered during World War II, when "phantom signals" appeared on radar screens that were caused by migrating birds (Buss 1946).