The concept of a multi-coloured Buddhist flag was designed in 1880 by Henry Steyr Alcott – a retired American army colonel. He probably got the idea from the five-coloured’ Daoist flag –
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How Imperial Japan Defied Eurocentric Definitions of Cartography! (1942)
Author’s Note: Imagine having an ethnic identity premised upon a derogatory geographical definition formulated by another – antagonistic ethnic group – which perceives itself as
Emails: How Pius was Mussolini? (5.1.2021)
Dear Adrian (from Gillian) Undoubtedly there were Fascist sympathisers in the Vatican but a policy of 100% support for the Nazi is simply unsustainable through
WWII: The Western Allies Betrayal of the Soviets (1945)
Author’s Note: Between September 1939 and June 1941 – the UK stood alone in Europe and North Africa against the Nazi Germans and Fascist Italy
Chiune Sugihara (杉原千畝) [1900-1986] -Japanese Official – Hero or Villain?
The ‘Japanese Schindler’ and one Australian family’s tug-of-war with the national archives Translator’s Note: The history of WWII is complicated and complex. Its breadth and
Croatia: Vatican Support for Fascism (WWII)
Guy Walters (b.1971) is a British historian who specialises in the time-period of WWII – and the associated military, political, cultural and social history of
