...that year became Foreign Secretary, led the committee. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919 signifying the official end to the war. Victory Day would be on...
...was a problem. The radio signal needed to be strong enough to look like it came from Germany. To create such a strong signal, the radio transmitter had to be...
...evacuation plans for non-combatants, particularly in the world's most politically volatile regions. The long history of evacuation still continues. Keep tabs on the past. Sign up for our email alerts....
...response. Germany was once again at war, but not the limited war Hitler had intended at this stage against an Eastern neighbour. Keep tabs on the past: sign up for...
...Embassy Counsellor. Holman had arrived earlier in the month with the combination codes to the safes and 50,000 francs in cash. He took possession of the building from the Swiss...
...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...
...Britain's Know How Fund in Post-Communist Europe, 1989-2003 (Routledge, 2013) Keep tabs on the past: sign up for our email alerts Follow our Foreign & Commonwealth Historians on Twitter @FCOHistorians...
...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...
...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...