...close and fruitful. Also on the day of Churchill’s speech, the British-US Communication Intelligence Agreement (BRUSA) was signed,[2] later to expand into the Five Eyes Agreement. And on the potential...
...Bay, off Newfoundland. On 14 August 1941 they signed the Atlantic Charter, a joint declaration of principles drawn up when Britain was engaged in deadly conflict with the Axis powers,...
...could compete on a global basis, not by nationalisation but by promoting amalgamation. Harold Wilson’s oft-cited speech on the ‘white heat of technology’ recognised the importance of new technology, and...
...1949: signature of the North Atlantic Treaty Today, NATO is 70, its membership at 29. In recent years NATO’s remit and solidarity has been adapted, confirmed, extended and questioned, but...
...When George Brown stormed out of Downing St in the early hours of 15 March 1968, it was not the first time he had threatened to resign. On this occasion...
...was important to ‘increase strains’ on the Soviet bloc by promoting bilateral ties, but ‘not at the expense of the Soviet Union’ (whatever that meant). The West accepted, however, that...
...National Archives: E 30/391 [i] Figures from J. Sumption, The Hundred Years War Vol. IV: Cursed Kings (London, 2016), p.584. Keep tabs on the past.Sign up for our email alerts....
...Winston Churchill, but Henderson’s contribution was amongst the most significant. Although reference is often made to “The Smuts Report” he did in fact render two such reports. The first concerned...
...The term 'ace' is generally taken to mean any fighter pilot credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft Keep tabs on the past.Sign up for our email alerts....
...prefix their names with ‘Royal’. In 1919 they returned to their duties carrying civilians. Further reading London Gazette Despatches https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31189/supplement/251 Keep tabs on the past.Sign up for our email alerts....