Category: History Topics
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Why is the Gallipoli campaign so strongly linked with Australian nationhood?
The landing on the shores of Gallipoli in Turkey, on April the 25th 1915 is etched into the psyche of Australia as a pivotal point in a young nation coming of age. It is celebrated annually by a public holiday, dawn service and, multiple events held around the country, and at Gallipoli itself. It has…
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How did the Soviet Union use propaganda as a tool to foster nationalism in its population?
How a nation forms a national identity that can be related to a sense of nationalism may take different methods as varied as a shared history, culture and language, and political institutions. But how does a whole new type of nation build nationalism when they have overthrown the previous incumbents and embarked on a new…
Warren Coppard 