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LONDON: Hundreds of thousands of predominantly Asian and black soldiers who died fighting for the British Empire have not been formally commemorated in the same way as their white comrades because of decisions underpinned by “pervasive racism,” according to an investigation.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) discovered that at least 116,000 but potentially as many as 350,000 Middle Eastern and African casualties may not be commemorated by name or at all.
The CWGC is expected to issue a formal apology for the unequal treatment of those unnamed soldiers, as well as up to 54,000 African and Asian soldiers who were commemorated “unequally” compared to their white comrades.
800 Australian Cavalrymen Helped Secure British Victory Against the Ottoman Turks
Edmund Allenby sought to break the stalemate in Palestine in 1917. It fell to the Australian cavalrymen to dislodge the Turks from Beersheba.
Here s What You Need to Know: Only 31 troopers and 70 horses died during the charge, a testament to the surprise and speed of the maneuver.
In late 1917, the most successful cavalry charge of World War I took place not on the muddy killing fields of the Western Front, but at the foot of the Judean Hills in southern Palestine. The sun had just begun to set over the desert town of Beersheba on the evening of October 31, 1917, when 800 bayonet-wielding Australian cavalrymen swept out of the arid wilderness like wild horsemen from a bygone age. Though they faced trenches, machine guns, artillery, and aircraft, the Australians succeeded in overrunning the garrison and taking the town, including its strategically important water wells. In the months to come, the auda
Andrea Achi.
No two paths to a successful career in the art world look the same. In our series, “Career Stories,” we’re checking in with some of the high-powered people in the art industry to hear about everything from their first brushes with art, to the advice they would give their younger selves.
Andrea Achi did not always know she wanted to be a curator. “I assumed that I would become a professor and teach art history at a college, ideally at an HBCU [Historically Black College and University] because I am passionate about opening pipelines into academia and the art world,” she said.