...military hierarchy, Stalin played all ends against the middle, developing his links with Germany while promoting Russian influence in Western Europe. The backdrop was the Spanish Civil War, a proxy...
...Oeste Santafecino [Santa Fe Western Railway Company]; which extended the line to Cruz Alto. By the First World War Argentina, reportedly, was the tenth largest railway network in the world....
...of 1907. He was promoted to the rank of Minister in August 1913. In July 1915 he was sent to Sofia as Chargé de Affaires to lead last-ditch negotiations to...
...Berlin, built by Western intelligence to listen in to Soviet landlines. In fact, plans for the tunnel had been betrayed by SIS officer George Blake to Soviet intelligence even before...
...and Briand for their efforts on Locarno. The previous year it had been shared between Chamberlain for his promotion of the treaty and the American Charles Dawes for his work...
...until spring 1940, however, that it was treated as a serious possibility. The disastrous Norwegian campaign of April 1940 focused attention. And the Nazis’ rapid advance into Western Europe after...
...flew in the RAAF in over 30 missions over Europe were brothers Murray and Eric Maxton from Western Australia. They were the only brothers to fly combat missions in the...
...deeper story of British support for liberal constitutional progress and the promotion of self-government by free peoples against perceived absolutist despotism throughout the world, whether that be through backing constitutionalists...
...by Londoners in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings when ordinary people travelling to work were suddenly struck down without warning. By comparison with the slaughter on the Western Front...
...an Arab oil embargo against the western powers was a major factor. 1974 saw a number of game-changing events, including the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the downfall of the...