...one in the 1950s to settle post-war problems, particularly in relation to Germany and Berlin, and obtain recognition for the post-1945 political boundaries in Eastern Europe. However, it was not...
...the Pacific war on the Allied side within 3 months of the defeat of Germany. On 9 August, Soviet forces mounted a massive attack in Manchuria and Korea, overwhelming the...
...against an increasingly powerful Germany. Short in temper as well as stature, Bertie was nicknamed ‘the Bull’ by junior staff in Paris. He maintained a high level of pomp and...
...in China and the future of the Middle East. A contentious issue was the future of defeated Germany: its administration, industrial disarmament, allocation of reparations, and how its people should...
...(GDR). Between the establishment of the communist régime in East Germany in September 1949 and 31 May 1961, over 2.6 million people left the GDR. Their loss was a costly...
Seventy years ago, Klaus Fuchs was sentenced in the Crown Court to 14 years for passing classified information to the Soviet Union. Born in Germany, Fuchs had fled the Nazis...
...1st Military Working Regiment, based in Germany, employs around 200 canines and 280 personnel. Prior to active duty with the British Army, Royal Air Force or Royal Military Police, all...
...23 August 1939, exactly two weeks after the final designs had been submitted to HMSO, Nazi Germany signed a non-aggression pact with the USSR, and the decision was taken to...
...English Art Club. In 1908 and 1910, Bone became internationally renowned as his work was shown in France and Germany respectively. In 1916 at a Red Cross sale of blank...
...controversy, and a few appeared to share the view of the socialist writer George Orwell, that international sport – far from promoting harmony among nations as its proponents claimed –...