...region, not in direct aggression, but that both Britain and the US feared the Russians sought to open a new Cold War front in the Middle East. He knew the...
Students, Ambassadors and Tutors at the K+ Spotlight Summer School, outside King's College London's Great Hall. The role of Researcher in Residence at No.10 Downing Street is a new one,...
...arms, mounted guerrilla raids, blew up bridges, kidnapped Americans and cut off the ports from which sugar was exported, damaging the economy. Batista finally fled on New Year’s Eve 1958,...
![Extract of the draft note from 2 January 1917 on 10 Downing Street headed paper which reads 'To: The Private Secretary, the Prime Minister has decided, with a view to keeping himself in close touch with the several departments, to establish a ['Secretariat' is crossed out and replaced by 'Department'] in connection with Office of the First Lord of the Treasury. The following gentlemen have been appointed to act as secretaries to the ['First Lord of the Treasury' is crossed out and replaced by 'new Department']](https://history.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/edited-e1483652073427.jpg)
...the newly-installed Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, served notice that: ‘The Prime Minister has decided, with a view to keeping himself in close touch with the several Departments, to establish...
...then stopped off briefly in Poland where a new communist-dominated government had been elected in what Western powers felt were rigged elections. On 2 March, Martial Law was declared in...
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...time Henry successfully subjugated the Norman lands that his royal ancestors had lost two centuries earlier. A New Strategic Approach The invasion marked a watershed from previous campaigns launched against...
...the Army or the Navy”. He knew little of the ins and outs of air forces, however, and thus relied heavily on advice from the man who had been the...
...of David Marks’ collection The turn-around in Richthofen’s career took place in August 1916, when Boelcke was recruiting pilots for his new fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel Nr. 2 (Jasta 2). Boelcke,...
...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...