...team of eleven players representing a de facto enemy of the British state would be allowed to play – in England – in the most famous sporting event on the...
...activities at home and overseas, and to look for long-term counter-measures. Lacking Intelligence? Yet there remained significant intelligence gaps. In marked contrast to the successes enjoyed by British intelligence in...
...press was not subject to the same level of censorship as the press in the belligerent countries. News of an epidemic appeared in the headlines of Madrid papers in May...
...stations. The Chilean Government saw the advantages of steam travel and the new iron horses (as steam locomotives were referred to) from Britain, North America and across Europe. They opened...
It has been 30 years since Communist rule in Eastern Europe finally ended with mass demonstrations, an end to one-Party rule, free elections and the opening of borders. Illegal organisations,...
...that year became Foreign Secretary, led the committee. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919 signifying the official end to the war. Victory Day would be on...
...was a problem. The radio signal needed to be strong enough to look like it came from Germany. To create such a strong signal, the radio transmitter had to be...
...1940 about 11,000 children were privately funded to travel overseas, many to the United States. Between July and September 1940, a further 3000 were sponsored by the government to travel...
...Just after 6pm, the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, declared: We have no quarrel with the German people, except that they allow themselves to be governed by a Nazi government. Parliament...
Seventy-five years ago today, on 13 September 1944, a Dakota aircraft, with an escort of 45 Spitfires, flew across the English Channel towards Paris. The plane carried the new British...