...the Eastern front. He was a firm believer in the notion that the army had been ‘stabbed in the back’ by the signing of the Armistice in November 1918. He...
...significant political post or ministerial position. Her legacy lay in successfully breaching the male domain of Westminster and remaining there for 26 years. By doing this she led the way...
...Renwick, A Journey with Margaret Thatcher: Foreign Policy under the Iron Lady (2013) Anthony Sampson, Mandela: The Authorized Biography (rev. ed. 2011) Keep tabs on the past: sign up for...
...to one of the areas where the Americans planned to land on D-Day, codenamed Utah Beach. The practice would begin with a bombardment of the shore on 27 April, after...
...project codenamed TUBE ALLOYS. From 1943 he worked in the US on the Manhattan Project developing the atomic bomb, and from 1947 at the British nuclear establishment at Harwell. Fuchs...
...The number of surviving veterans is diminishing, but family memories, the work of historians and cultural organisations, including museums (even if closed) perpetuate the significance of the day when war...
...US Army Major General William F. Dean, Commanding Officer of the 24th Infantry Division. (Korean War Signal Corps Collection). The DPRK’s invasion might herald a wider Soviet threat or even...
...mutual suspicion underpinned the Potsdam discussions. Stalin feared the dominance of Western capitalism, while Britain and the US worried about communist influence in Europe. No peace treaty was signed at...
...Day, is marked by Japan and the UK on 15 August. The United States marks it on 2 September, the anniversary of the signature of the Instrument of Surrender on...
Forty-five years ago this month 35 nations signed the Helsinki Final Act following the 2-year Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). A politically binding agreement, the Final Act...