POSTWAR: A Global History of the Second World War's Legacy

Blog9 At the beginning of “Abina And The Important Men” slavery in British controlled parts of Africa is outlawed. However, slavery in not something that simply goes away overnight. African countries were still exercising the use of slavery despite the British presence. This is somewhat because there was still a demand for labor. Also, there …

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The Japanese military atrocities in the Chinese city of Nanking are regarded as being some of the worst in human history, with hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens killed, beaten, raped, tortured, and bullied by the Japanese soldiers. It is not my intention to doubt the severity of the destruction or the brutality of the … Continue reading “Modern Memory Affected by Images?” Continue reading →

The reconstruction of France and France’s place in the postwar world political arena was on the mind of French political leaders as World War Two came to a close and in the immediate aftermath. As apart of preparing for the future the French commissioned a study called “Outline of a Doctrine of French Policy”. This … Continue reading “French Ideas for a Postwar World Order” Continue reading →

The Japanese military atrocities in the Chinese city of Nanking are regarded as being some of the worst in human history, with hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens killed, beaten, raped, tortured, and bullied by the Japanese soldiers. It is not my intention to doubt the severity of the destruction or the brutality of the … Continue reading “Modern Memory Affected by Images?”

The reconstruction of France and France’s place in the postwar world political arena was on the mind of French political leaders as World War Two came to a close and in the immediate aftermath. As apart of preparing for the future the French commissioned a study called “Outline of a Doctrine of French Policy”. This … Continue reading “French Ideas for a Postwar World Order”

In the western world when anyone thinks of wartime atrocities their mind immediately goes to the Holocaust during World War II.  The systematic extermination of Jewish people by Hitler’s Nazi regime is widely considered one of the most abominable acts of violence by man against other men in the history of the world.  The Rape … Continue reading “The Rape of Nanking” Continue reading →

In the western world when anyone thinks of wartime atrocities their mind immediately goes to the Holocaust during World War II.  The systematic extermination of Jewish people by Hitler’s Nazi regime is widely considered one of the most abominable acts of violence by man against other men in the history of the world.  The Rape … Continue reading “The Rape of Nanking”

The articles and video provided to us discussed the Japanese assault on Nanjing.  During the late 1930’s, Japan started to invade China, they had set their sights on Nanjing.  Nanjing was the capital of China until the government moved the capital more inland from the Japanese.  When the Japanese reached Nanjing there appears to be … Continue reading “Nanjing Massacre: Fact or Fiction” Continue reading →

The articles and video provided to us discussed the Japanese assault on Nanjing.  During the late 1930’s, Japan started to invade China, they had set their sights on Nanjing.  Nanjing was the capital of China until the government moved the capital more inland from the Japanese.  When the Japanese reached Nanjing there appears to be … Continue reading “Nanjing Massacre: Fact or Fiction”

On the Monday morning, December 13, 1937, the 6th, 16th, and 116th divisions of the Japanese Imperial Army entered the city of Nanjing. Later that afternoon two Japanese Imperial Navy fleets arrived in the Yangtze River. The shattered Chinese army … Continue reading →