scholarly journals Merchant ship deployment in the Second World War: Motor vessels Centaur, Gorgon and Charon in Australian and East Indies waters

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-87
Author(s):  
Alston Kennerley
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
East Indies ◽  
Merchant Ship ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Second World ◽  
Ship Operation ◽  
Political Scene ◽  
The Western Pacific

This study draws attention to the very large number of British merchant vessels, and their crews, which traded or acted as supply vessels through to the end of the Second World War, in contrast to those which succumbed to enemy action. Normal commercial trading between Western Australia and Java/Malaya until the fall of Singapore is contrasted with military supply ship operation between Eastern Australia and New Guinea. This is set in the context of trading before the war, and the developing political scene in south east Asia. The ships’ crews, the dangers faced, protective measures, and cargoes, including human cargoes, are considered. With one vessel surviving the war unscathed, another continuing service after war damage and repair, and one torpedoed and sunk, the article concludes that the examples fully represent the experiences of the mass of merchant shipping which ended the war in the western Pacific military supply chain.

scholarly journals Volksraad (People Council): Radicale Concentratie Political Arena and National Fraction, 1918-1942

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Nazirwan Rohmadi ◽  
Warto Warto
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
East Indies ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Great Pressure ◽  
Dutch East Indies ◽  
Second World ◽  
Legislative Institutions

This paper discusses the legislative institutions callled Volksraad established by the Dutch East Indies, which further used by the nationalist-moderate to achieve the national  independence of Indonesia. Historical method was used in this research. The historical method is distinguished into several stages, namely heuristic, critic, analysis, and historiography. Indonesia’s political figures established Radicale Concentratie to unite in order to achieve independence. Radicale Concentratie put a great pressure on the Dutch East Indies government. Radicale Concentratie no longer operated because of some conflicts that occurred among its members and the arrests done by the Dutch East Indies government. Radicale Concentratie’s struggle was continued by National Fraction which was established on 27 January 1930. The proposition of National Fraction that was fulfilled was the change in the nomenclatur of Indlander to Indonesisch. National Fraction often turned down the budget plan proposed by the Governor-General in preparing for the Second World War. This is because the Dutch East Indies fleet was funded by Indonesian taxes and the taxes were planned to be increased in order to win the war.

scholarly journals Acceptance and adoption of protective measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of trust in politics and trust in science

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Dohle ◽  
Tobias Wingen ◽  
Mike Schreiber
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Health Messages ◽  
World War ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Total N ◽  
Second World

The United Nations have described the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as the worst global crisis since the second world war. Behavioral protective measures, such as good hand hygiene and social distancing, may strongly affect infection and fatality rates worldwide. In two studies (total N = 962), we aimed to identify central predictors of acceptance and adoption of protective measures, including sociodemographic variables, risk perception, and trust. We found that men and younger participants show lower acceptance and adoption of protective measures, suggesting that it is crucial to develop targeted health messages for these groups. Moreover, trust in politics and trust in science emerged as important predictors for the acceptance and adoption of protective measures. These results show that maintaining and ideally strengthening trust in politics and trust in science might be central for overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals 'COME TO HOLLAND': PROMOSI PARIWISATA BELANDA BAGI HINDIA-BELANDA DAN INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Achmad - Sunjayadi
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
World War ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
East Indies ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Dutch East Indies ◽  
Second World

Relation between Indonesia and The Netherlands, particularly in the tourism sector has been established long time ago. The relation has been built since Indonesia still part of Dutch colony until now. Relation in the tourism sector had disconnected between the beginning of Second World War until the 1950s. This article tries to trace the relation and the contemporary situation of the tourism sector in Netherland. The discussion focuses on the Netherlands as a tourism destination for the Dutch East Indies’ verlofgangers (those who furlough) and for Indonesian tourists. The question is how Netherlands promote their country as tourist destination and the reason why they promote their country to Dutch East Indies and Indonesian tourists. The data sources for this article are from Dutch’s newspapers and magazines during the colonial period, archives of tourism agencies in the Netherlands as well as Dutch contemporary newspapers,.Keywords: The Netherlands, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, tourism, promotionAbstrakHubungan antara Indonesia dengan Belanda dalam sektor kepariwisataan sudah terjalin lama. Hubungan tersebut terjalin sejak Indonesia masih Hindia-Belanda dan berada di bawah kepemimpinan Belanda hingga Indonesia merdeka. Hubungan di sektor kepariwisataan itu sempat terputus pada masa awal Perang Dunia II hingga tahun 1950-an. Artikel ini membahas jejak hubungan dan situasi kontemporer sektor kepariwisataan di kedua negara. Bahasan dititikberatkan pada Belanda sebagai negara tujuan wisata bagi penduduk Hindia Belanda yang ketika itu disebut verlofgangers (orang yang mengambil cuti) dan wisatawan Indonesia pada saat ini. Pertanyaan yang akan dijawab pada studi ini adalah bagaimana Belanda mempromosikan negerinya serta alasan di balik promosi itu. Sumber yang digunakan adalah arsip surat kabar dan majalah pada periode tersebut, arsip dari lembaga pariwisata di Belanda. serta surat kabar kontemporer terbitan Belanda.Kata kunci: Belanda, Indonesia, Hindia-Belanda, kepariwisataan, promosi

Military Migrants: British Service Personnel in Ceylon during the Second World War

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-26
Author(s):  
Ashley Jackson
Keyword(s):  
British Empire ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Office Work ◽  
World War ◽  
Service Personnel ◽  
East Indies ◽  
The People ◽  
The Many ◽  
First Time ◽  
Second World

Across the territories that comprised the British Empire, the Second World War caused many migrations, some great and some small, but all traumatic and formative for the people involved. Civilians, both local and expatriate, fled in great numbers from the threat of German or Japanese invasion; in some colonies civilians were evacuated from cities threatened by bombing or deemed militarily important; hundreds of thousands of servicemen and women moved around the world and spend significant periods of time in foreign lands – African troops resided in Asia, Indians in the East Indies and Middle East, and British servicemen and women found themselves billeted all over the Empire. Also, forming a fascinating subcategory, were the many thousands of American service personnel who served in British colonial territories. After reviewing the phenomenon of migration within the British Empire during the war, this article focuses on a case study – the experience of British (and some Australian) service personnel based in Ceylon for a range of military purposes, including office work, jungle training, and naval operations. It examines the methods used to acclimatize young service personnel, often going abroad for the first time in their lives, to the strangeness of a foreign, ‘exotic’ land. It describes the impressions the people and environment left on these wartime immigrants, before considering the recreational provisions made for them, and the sexual opportunities that sometimes arose. The article concludes that the experience of these European migrants deserves study as much as the experience of non-European servicemen and women, which has received significant attention in the scholarly literature relating to the Empire at war.

scholarly journals A Szabad Francia Légierő tevékenysége Afrikában

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-3.) ◽  
pp. 117-136
Author(s):  
Krisztián Bene
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Second World War ◽  
The Political ◽  
World War ◽  
Charles De Gaulle ◽  
Equatorial Africa ◽  
Second World ◽  
Political Scene ◽  
De Gaulle

The Free French Air Forces were the air branch of the Free French Forces during the Second World War from 1940 to 1943 when they finally became part of the new regular French Air Forces. This study aims to present the activity of this special and little-known air force over the territory of Africa during this period.After the French defeat in June 1940 General Charles de Gaulle went to England to continue the fight against the Axis Forces and created the Free French Forces. Several airmen of the French Air Forces rallied to General de Gaulle which allowed the creation of the Free French Forces on 1st July 1940 under the command of Admiral Émile Muselier. The Free French commandment wanted to deploy their units during the reconquest of the French African colonies, so they were sent to participate in the occupation of French Equatorial Africa in 1940. Other flying units struggled in East and North Africa together with British troops against the invading Italian armies. These forces were reorganized in 1941 and continued the fight in the frame of fighter and bombing squadrons (groupes in French). Most of them (five of seven) were created and deployed in Africa as the Lorraine, the Alsace, the Bretagne, the Artois and the Picardie squadrons.From 1940 to 1943 5,000 men served in the ranks of the Free French Air Forces, which is a modest number if we compare with the power of the air forces of the other allied countries. At the same time, the presence and the activity of these forces were an important aid to Great Britain during a hard period of its history, so this contribution was appreciated by the British government in the end of the war at the political scene.

scholarly journals Herosi czy ofiary? Kapitał moralny Polaków w narracji Muzeum II Wojny Światowej w Gdańsku

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-190
Author(s):  
Barbara Markowska
Keyword(s):  
Moral Status ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Forced Labor ◽  
The Political ◽  
World War ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Heroic Narrative ◽  
Second World ◽  
Political Scene ◽  
Moral Capital

The author analyzes the narrative of the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk using the category of moral capital, which is defined as a supply of moral stories influencing the moral status of the collective entity described as perpetrator or victim of a given event. The author considers that the decision, in 2008, to create the museum was one of the most important initiatives of Polish historical policy. From the beginning, the idea of the museum was the source of disputes, primarily concerning the shape of the Polish narrative about the war. Discussions on the subject and divisions in the political scene led to a spectacular “takeover” of the museum shortly after its opening in 2017. The management was changed and numerous alterations to the main exhibitions were made. The first version of the exhibition stressed the universalism of the experiences of civilians, including Poles, as victims of war-time terror, poverty, fear, occupation, forced labor, or extermination. After analyzing the narrative content of the exhibition opened in March 2019, the author of the article claims that in the modified version we can observe the (re)construction of a heroic narrative, aimed at reinforcing the moral capital of Poles.

Memory as Rite de Passage. Towards a Postmoralistic Historiography of the Second World War

Itinerario ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madelon de Keizer
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
World War ◽  
Japanese Occupation ◽  
East Indies ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City ◽  
Second World

As a native of the Netherlands, I have been imbued with an awareness of the history of the Second World War in both Europe and the Pacific ever since I was a child, though I must admit that the Japanese occupation of the Dutch colony in the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1945 plays a less important part in my imagination than thefiveyears of German occupation of the Netherlands. My parents and brothers can directly recollect the latter dark period, and I see it vividly in my mind's eye, born (in 1948) and bred as I was in Rotterdam, the city whose centre was razed to the ground by the German air raid in May 1940. The effects of the bombs were still clearly visible during the years in which I was growing up there. Given this double Dutch memory – memory of the hostilities in Europe, and memory of South-East Asia – it hardly seems fortuitous that the Dutch scholar Ian Buruma chose the German and Japanese memory of the Second World War and of the War in the Pacific as the theme for his 1994 publication The Wages of Guilt.

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