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From the end of the Second World War to the dawn of the third millennium — The activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross during the Cold War and its aftermath: 1945–1995

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2010

François Bugnion
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8 May 1945: Victory Day! An exhausted Europe emerged with relief from six years of oppression and carnage.

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Contribution to History
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 35 , Issue 305 , April 1995 , pp. 207 - 224
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1995

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1 On the ICRC's work in the Second World War, see: Report of the International Committee of the Red Cross on its Activities during the Second World War, 1 September 1939 – 30 June 1947, Geneva, ICRC, 1948 Google Scholar, 3 volumes + annexes.

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