...Republic of Turkey, where perceptions of Lausanne have shifted remarkably. Hailed for decades as a victory, as 'the birth certificate of the Republic', Lausanne has now come to be viewed...
...30 October, and the Austro-Hungarian Government on 3 November. Germany was the last of the Central Powers to sue for peace. The Armistice with Germany was agreed to come into...
...gave most weight to what was politically important to him. Controversial matters within the Conservative Party, such as the crisis in Central Africa, when white minorities opposed Macmillan's policy of...
...advantage in 1915 seemed to lie with the Central Powers, principally Germany and Austria, though a divided approach to the campaign against Russia weakened their initiative and Austria was close...
...dealt with by Russia and the Central Powers. ‘Peace without victory’ At the time of the speech, the war appeared to be turning in favour of the Central Powers. As...
...pay off their foreign debt. Argentine railway Prospectus for the Central Argentine Railway. The National Archives ref: RAIL 1075/234 The Central Argentine Company Ltd (CAR) was formed in 1863. The...
...in 1957 from Anthony Eden following the Suez Crisis. He is perhaps best known for his soundbites – describing the breakup of the British Empire as an African ‘wind of...
...ones unhappy with the treaty. Some members of the American delegation complained that it was not a peace treaty. General Jan Smuts, later South African Prime Minister, was openly critical...
...the Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS). As ever, the geography of power had a part to play in the influence of central units. The Policy Unit provided short to medium...
...referendums in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the Northern Ireland Act 1998 re-established a Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast. In the late 1940s the UK had been a...