...The number of surviving veterans is diminishing, but family memories, the work of historians and cultural organisations, including museums (even if closed) perpetuate the significance of the day when war...
...US Army Major General William F. Dean, Commanding Officer of the 24th Infantry Division. (Korean War Signal Corps Collection). The DPRK’s invasion might herald a wider Soviet threat or even...
...mutual suspicion underpinned the Potsdam discussions. Stalin feared the dominance of Western capitalism, while Britain and the US worried about communist influence in Europe. No peace treaty was signed at...
...Day, is marked by Japan and the UK on 15 August. The United States marks it on 2 September, the anniversary of the signature of the Instrument of Surrender on...
Forty-five years ago this month 35 nations signed the Helsinki Final Act following the 2-year Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). A politically binding agreement, the Final Act...
...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,...
...representatives in Paris were hardly consulted, being simply presented with a treaty and told to sign it. This treaty was signed in August 1920 in the renowned former French state...