Month: September 2024

Arnhem: Heroes and scapegoats

“To add insult to injury, there was a rumour going round that despite risking our lives we were now being criticised by the British, and that attempts were being made to turn Sosabowski and the Polish Brigade into the scapegoats for failure of the operation to achieve all its goals.”

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Grenfell and 9/11: A Tale of Four Towers

Still standing: Grenfell Tower a week after the inferno killed 72 of its London residents in June 2017The images of Grenfell Tower we saw when the Inquiry chairman recently published his coruscating report into the tragic fate of its residents prompt serious questions as we remember what happened when three much bigger World Trade Center (WTC) buildings in New York City disintegrated in seconds...

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