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What Happened To World War II Movies?
Collective moments are a fascinating thing to examine. When society fixates on something, it tells us about our internal processes and what is bothering us or drawing our curiosity. This happened in the late 1990s with the explosion in popularity of World War II movies. Half a century after the defeat of the Nazis, filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, Terrance Mallick, Clint Eastwood and more began pumping out historical military projects like 'Saving Private Ryan,' 'The Thin Red Line,' 'Flags of...
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Ancestry website cataloguing names of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II
The names of thousands of people held in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II have been digitized and made available for free, genealogy company Ancestry announced Wednesday. The website, known as one of the largest global online resources of family history, is collaborating with the Irei Project, which
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Meet surviving World War II plotter who was sending aircraft signals aged 20
Kate was visited by personnel from RAF St Mawgan