This feature debunks ten of the most persistent World War II myths by weighing archival evidence and recent scholarship. The analysis emphasizes where myths persist because of propaganda, popular culture, or selective memory. World War II remains the most intensively studied conflict in modern history, yet it is also the source of an unusually large number of enduring myths. These myths range from tactical misunderstandings about specific battles to sweeping narratives about national motives and moral clarity. The persistence of such myths owes much to wartime propaganda, postwar political needs, popular culture, and the human tendency to simplify complex events into memorable stories.

KHARTOUM — Fighting that began on 15 April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has hardened into a sprawling, multi-year war that showed no sign of abating as of 4 February 2026. Urban battle lines, shifting territorial control and repeated, short-lived ceasefires have failed to halt sustained combat across Khartoum, the Kordofan belt, Darfur and parts of eastern Sudan. The conflict has fragmented central authority, generated mass displacement and produced a humanitarian emergency of exceptional scale. Humanitarian collapse Mass civilian suffering is the most visible consequence on the ground.

YANGON — Four years after the 2021 coup that toppled a democratically elected government, Myanmar remains locked in a multi‑front civil war that has reshaped the country’s politics, economy, and regional alignments. What began as mass civil disobedience and urban resistance has evolved into a broader insurgency in which ethnic armed organisations, newly formed People’s Defence Forces, and local militias contest territory with the junta’s armed forces. The conflict is no longer a single national crisis but a fragmented, protracted war with shifting frontlines, growing foreign influence, and uncertain prospects for a negotiated settlement.

How the 1990–1991 Gulf War became the definitive opening of the post–Cold War era, reshaping U.S. power, UN authority, and global security after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.