...and democratic capitalism was the prescribed prophylactic. In March, Marshall had told Bevin that ‘The United States were ready to pay a high price for the Unity of Europe’[1] and...
...United Kingdom’s air services. At the time the military air arm of the UK was divided between the Royal Naval Air Service, which was, as the name suggests, part of...
...crew unloaded a C-54 Skymaster in a record time of 5 minutes 45 seconds. British and United States air crew take a tea break outside a maintenance hangar, probably at...
...peace. Woodrow Wilson, photo by Pach Brothers The speech When he declared war on Germany in April 1917 Wilson did so stating that the United States was an ‘associated power’...
...and Jordan, a show of force intended to deter Nasser from becoming closer to Moscow. Meanwhile, the UK Government under Harold Macmillan was preoccupied with unsuccessful efforts to promote a...
...civilian population. For the Central Powers, there was no hope of a powerful, previously uncommitted ally joining their side with fresh supplies of men and materiel equivalent to the United...
...of the Poor Law. Three pandemic waves: weekly combined influenza and pneumonia mortality, United Kingdom, 1918 to 1919 Reference: PD-USGOV-HHS-CDC. Although the death rate in Britain over the course of...
...the integral, united, Armenian state. A major concern for the British Government was reviving the economy and returning men to production. There were logistical challenges about how many men could...
...Twitter @FCOHistorians [i] Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, Vol. VIII. [ii] Documents on British Policy Overseas (DBPO), Series I, Vol. X, No. 27. [iii] DBPO, Series I, Vol....
...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...