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一 |     British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace wants a major hike in armed forces spending in response to the conflict in Ukraine.,The BBC reported that Wallace will call on Chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak to raise defense spending from around two per cent of GDP — the NATO target figure — to 2.5 percent.,The minister is expected to make comments to that effect when he addresses the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) Land Warfare Conference in Westminster later on Tuesday, before flying to Madrid for the NATO summit there.,"The defense secretary is expected to emphasize that now that the threat has changed, governments must be prepared to invest to keep us safe," said a defense source quoted by Sky News.,"We do not comment on alleged leaks," another defense source insisted, adding: "The defense secretary and the prime minister have always said that the government will respond to any changes in threat, which is why in 2020 the Ministry of Defence received a record defense settlement.",Britain has sent a battalion-sized force of soldiers to Estonia in a bid to confront Russia, while supplying Ukraine with thousands of man-portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons, over 120 armored vehicles and three M270 multiple-launch rocket artillery systems.,Wallace claimed earlier in June that Western military aid was helping the Ukrainian military make "significant progress" in the east of the country against Russian and Donbass forces. But recent days saw the capture of the city of Severodonetsk and a string of smaller settlements in Lugansk, with up to 8,000 Ukrainian troops now trapped in Lisichansk.,British Chief of General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders told the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) conference on Tuesday morning that the crisis in Ukraine was "our 1937 moment" — a possible reference to then-prime minister Neville Chamberlain's simultaneous policy of appeasing towards Nazi Germany while re-arming Britain.,Sanders said his focus was on "mobilizing the army to meet the new threat we face", insisting: "The British Army is not mobilizing to provoke war, it is mobilizing to prevent war.",NATO Could Expand Eastern European Battlegroups to Brigade or Division-Size Forces: Report26 June, 15:49 GMT,The general called the scale of the conflict in Ukraine "unprecedented.","In all my years in uniform I haven't known such a clear threat to the principals of sovereignty and democracy and the freedom to live without fear of violence as the brutal aggression of President Putin and his expansionist ambitions," Sanders said.,"This is our 1937 moment," he added. "We are not at war but must act rapidly so that we aren't drawn into one through a failure to contain territorial expansion… I will do everything in my power to ensure that the British Army plays its part in averting war."。    中新网怀化8月20日电 (付敬懿 杨若兰)8月20日，法国青年马库斯、白士杰与中国青年钟灏松一行来到位于湖南芷江侗族自治县的中国人民抗日战争胜利受降纪念馆，捐赠了一批法国官方解密抗战档案扫描件，以第三方国际视角丰富芷江抗战史料馆藏，补齐湖南抗战域外史证链条。                   中法青年在湖南芷江捐赠法国解密日本侵华史料。　芷江县融媒体中心 供图          　　此次入藏的法国解密档案扫描件为海外一手中立史料，权威客观、细节详实，重点系统记录了三湘大地诸多鲜见抗战史实。档案记录了1936年长沙对日紧张局势、1938年衡阳防空击落4架日机的战果，还记载了第二次长沙会战的战略影响与战时高校南迁长沙办学史实，是佐证湖南抗战历史的珍贵域外文献。         　　“这些档案记录了日军在湖南境内作战及其公开焚烧这些记录日本侵华罪证的档案，还有日本军人在湖南境内的部分活动轨迹。”中国青年钟灏松说，这份档案也记录了湖南人民在反法西斯战争中做出的英勇抗争和贡献，人们始终没有放弃，坚持抵抗侵略者。

二 |                    中法青年捐赠的部分法国官方解密抗战档案。　芷江县融媒体中心 供图          　　跨国携手打捞历史铁证，是中外青年守护史实的生动实践。此次捐赠是该团队全国护史巡访的收官之站，此前已先后走访重庆、昆明、上海、南京、武汉等地，一路寻访流失海外的侵华史料、开展无偿公益捐赠，最终选择在侵华日军洽降地芷江县收官，寓意深远。         　　“选择芷江作为捐赠之路的终点，也象征着我们从这里出发去传递和平与正义。”钟灏松表示，他们希望把和平与真相带到全世界，在填补西方教育体系空白的同时，等待日本正式道歉的那一天。                   马库斯团队在中国人民抗日战争胜利受降纪念馆喂和平鸽。　芷江县融媒体中心 供图          　　中国人民抗日战争胜利受降纪念馆馆长吴建宏表示，纪念馆将组织专人将史料归类归档，深挖史料背后的故事，并通过新形式展示给民众，让更多人了解日本军国主义给中国人民带来的深重灾难和伤痛。同时，持续讲好芷江受降故事，传播和平正义之声，让伟大抗战精神代代相传。(完)                【编辑:曹子健】。

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