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TED Talks
P.W. Singer: Military robots and the future of war
In this powerful talk, P.W. Singer shows how the widespread use of robots in war is changing the realities of combat. He shows us scenarios straight out of science fiction -- that now may not be so fictitious.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The rebel radio that brought down a war criminal | Diana Sierra Becerra
Since the 1800s, a handful of oligarchs had controlled nearly all of El Salvador's land, forcing laborers to work for almost nothing. But in 1980, farmers and urban workers formed guerrilla groups to overthrow the US-backed dictatorship....
TED Talks
TED: Stand with Ukraine in the fight against evil | Garry Kasparov
Ukraine is on the front line of a war between freedom and tyranny, says chess grandmaster and human rights advocate Garry Kasparov. In this blistering call to action, he traces Vladimir Putin's rise to power and details his own path from...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Defining cyberwarfare in hopes of preventing it - Daniel Garrie
Can you imagine a future where wars are fought not with bombs and bullets but computer viruses and pacemaker shutdowns? Cyberware is unique in that it is not covered by existing legal framework and it often inspires more questions than...
Curated Video
Torture and terror in Ukraine's occupied towns - On The Ground
Ukraine’s forces have managed to repel Russian forces from several parts of the country, liberating towns and cities across the country from Russian control. But as Russian soldiers have retreated, Ukraine has found areas destroyed by...
Curated Video
Documentary: The true horror of Russia's war in Ukraine | On The Ground
Ukraine’s forces have managed to repel Russian forces from several parts of the country, liberating towns and cities across the country from Russian control. But as Russian soldiers have retreated, Ukraine has found areas destroyed by...
Curated Video
Surviving the deadliest city in Ukraine | On The Ground
From the opening days of Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the city of Mariupol has frequently been in the headlines. Through shelling, bombings and incursions by Russian soldiers, the city has been under constant bombardment,...
Curated Video
Anne Frank
Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who wrote a diary about her life in hiding from the Nazis during World War II. Her powerful story reflects resilience, hope, and the tragic impact of the Holocaust.
Curated Video
The Nuremberg Trials: Justice Served for WWII Atrocities
This video provides a detailed account of the Nuremberg Trials that took place in the aftermath of World War II. The video describes the formation of the International Military Tribunal, the proceedings of the trial, and the verdicts...
Curated Video
Operation Paperclip
Operation Paperclip saw around 1,600 Nazi scientists recruited by US intelligence to aid American innovation. As a result, none were ever held accountable for their crimes.
Curated Video
Exacting Justice: Examining the Ravensbrück Trials
National Archives: Ela Kaczmarska examines the planning and implementation of the NAZI War Crimes Tribunals 1946-1948 focusing on records from the Ravensbrück Trials held at The National Archives and from eyewitness testimony of Barbara...
TLDR News
Tory Cronyism: Is the Government Giving Deals to their Friends? - TLDR News
This Week in Parliament is the series where we discuss what's been going on in the Houses of Parliament. This week Kier Starmer highlights the debate around Conservative Cronyism, the Overseas Operation bill gets discussed in the Commons...
The Wall Street Journal
Antony Blinken on Global Risks to the U.S.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins WSJ Editor in Chief Matt Murray at the WSJ CEO Council to discuss the geopolitical, economic, and foreign-policy challenges faced by the U.S. abroad.
Jabzy
Second Liberian Civil War - 3 Minute History
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Second Liberian Civil War
Curated Video
Korean War | Animated History
The seeds that would grow into the Korean War were sown in 1945, when the Soviet Red Army invaded the peninsula following its declaration of war on Imperial Japan, which had held Korea since 1910. Soviet forces advanced down the...
TLDR News
The Rise of Sinn Fein: The History of Ireland's Nationalist Parties - TLDR News
Over recent months and years Sinn Fein, the most prominent nationalist voice in Nothern Irish politics, has seen a significant boost in support. As the world and the union changes support for the party has seemingly risen so in this...
The Economist
How did Kosovo become a country?
Ten years ago this week Kosovo became Europe's newest country. The seeds of its independence lie in the disintegration of Yugoslavia in the 1990s—a brutal series of wars that stirred up age-old nationalism and pitted neighbour against...
National WWII Museum
China-Burma-India Theater
How should enemy forces treat civilians during times of war? The video examines the Japanese military's treatment of Chinese civilians during Word War II. Learners gain a better understanding of lengths the Japanese military went to...
National WWII Museum
What Would You Do? Scenario: Civilians as Human Shields
What would you do when faced with an impossible choice? A video gives background knowledge for the battle of Okinawa when the Japanese military used civilians a shields to slow the Americans advance. It gives pupils an opportunity to...
C-SPAN
On This Day: The Nuremberg Trials
Were the Nuremberg Trials vengeance or justice? After World War II, the trials of Nazi officials were supposed to bring justice for genocidal atrocities. However, scholars debate whether it was just an act of retribution by the victors....
PBS
American Experience: My Lai
The documentary [01:30:00], My Lai, examines the massacre of the village people in the Village of My Lai, Vietnam in 1968 by a company of American Soldiers. It poses the question, "Were they "just following orders" as some later...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: How Were Nazi Criminals Brought to Trial?
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. In addition to primary sources, they...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Tokyo War Crimes Trials
This site from PBS provides a short account giving the major details of the war trials held for Japanese defendants from 1946 to 1948.