The Broadford Secondary College approach to understanding history. Impressive. Students from across the year levels at Broadford Secondary College will be travelling again to England, Belgium and France to study and experience first-hand, the battlefields of the First and Second World Wars 1914-18 and 1939-1945. They have been honoured by an invitation to lay a wreath at the Menin Gate. …
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Exactly 70 Years ago today, at 12 Noon on August 15th 1945, a recording of Emperor Hirohito [made the previous day] was broadcast to the Japanese people. This was an imperial command—known as the Voice of the Crane, since the sacred bird could be heard even when it flew unseen. For most Japanese, it was the first time…