...threatened by Japanese plans for a Pan-Asian ‘new order’, while the USA urged support for the beleaguered Chinese nationalists in the bitter Sino-Japanese conflict. The military challenges were diverse and...
...avoiding crowds, to more questionable ones, such as eating lots of porridge and cleaning teeth regularly. Sir Arthur Newsholme Reference: NPG x65720 Newsholme’s actions seem negligent with the benefit of...
...ending, at least in the victorious countries. The armistice was agreed at 5.10am on 11 November to come into effect at 11am. The news was conveyed around Europe within the...
...be one of the main powers at the conference, this inevitably meant formal proceedings had to be delayed until a new government had been formed. Lloyd George was re-elected, which...
...in the parade, and many others paid their respects there, including the widows of the fallen. The public response was so profound that the newspapers quickly started asking whether a...
...been less welcome if the British Government knew how strong his connections were to Hermann Göring, President of the German Parliament. Hermann Göring in Nazi Party uniform wearing the order...
...Declaration of Independence (UDI) in 1965, and ushered in the newly independent state of Zimbabwe. The Lancaster House Agreement represented an early diplomatic success for the new Conservative government of...
...into his Presidency), Churchill and Stalin could congratulate themselves on a major achievement. Yet they knew the situation on 8 May 1945 remained precarious and the future uncertain. Fighting continued...
...China was desirable if it could be achieved without conceding too much ground. Westpolitik and Ostpolitik In July 1969 a speech by Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko indicated a new openness...
...of George Canning, often presented as the embodiment of a new liberal Toryism, was one factor in his retirement from politics in 1824, two years after he ceased to be...