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Richard Nelsson

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Writer at The Guardian

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  • 2 days ago | theguardian.com | Richard Nelsson

    Mutiny breaks out on Russian battleship29 June 1905The news from Odesa yesterday is fresh proof of the utter absence of discipline in what remains of the Russian navy. The crew of the great battleship Kniaz Potemkin have mutinied and attacked the officers. Telegrams from Odesa to Washington, St Petersburg, and other places speak of the whole of the officers of the vessel as murdered.

  • 2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Richard Nelsson

    Russians march into Latvia and Estonia18 June 1940Following the occupation of Lithuania, Soviet troops are now occupying Latvia and Estonia. The first Russian forces crossed the borders of both countries early yesterday, and the latest messages indicate that the two capitals, Riga and Tallinn, are now occupied. According to dispatches from the Latvian capital Soviet warships have entered the port of Riga and Soviet armoured cars and tanks have taken up positions in the city itself.

  • 1 month ago | theguardian.com | Richard Nelsson

    Pacific islanders agitate in the shadow of the bombBy Christopher Price 17 September 1981A recent Canard cartoon shows Adam and Eve looking at an H-bomb. “Look, H for Hernu,” (the new Socialist defence minister), says Adam. “Yes and for Horror, Holocaust, Hecatomb and Hiroshima,” adds Eve. French Socialists have never hitherto allowed the nuclear issue to dominate their politics.

  • 1 month ago | theguardian.com | Tom Ambrose |Amy Sedghi |Kate Connolly |Shaun Walker |Jon Henley |Deborah Cole | +1 more

    Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWinston Churchill’s great-great-grandson Alexander Churchill, 10, lit the VE Day 80th candle of peace during a service at Westminster Abbey today. The youngster, dressed in a suit and tie, stepped forward and made his way up the steps in front of the altar, where he was handed a flame to light the large cream church candle.

  • 1 month ago | theguardian.com | Amy Sedghi |Richard Nelsson

    Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe Guardian's front page on VE DayVictory in Europe: proclamation to-day8 May 1945VE Day, The Guardian, 8 May 1945 Photograph: Richard Nelsson/The GuardianThe war in Europe has ended with Germany’s unconditional surrender. Victory will be announced officially by the prime minister in a broadcast at three o’clock this afternoon and the King with broadcast at 9 pm.

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