...Turing, without whom the Enigma code might never have been broken, the Second World War might not have been won so speedily, and many more lives would have been lost...
...sword to smite its enemies. Spreading the Revolution Initially focussed on internal opposition, the Cheka began very soon to send agents abroad to gather intelligence and promote revolution by covert...
...League of Nations at the Paris Peace Conference. Wilson received a tumultuous welcome in Britain, where his idealism caught the mood of the moment. But at a state banquet in...
...its basis than his first. Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar in 1805 proved a welcome and rare moment of success in Pitt’s continental war strategy, but the exhausted premier had to...
...forced upon him, and in summer 1783 let it be known that he would welcome opposition to the ministry’s bill to reform the East India Company; its parliamentary defeat gave...
...send a force under the command of Brigadier General W G Beresford to capture Buenos Aires from Spain, believing the inhabitants of the Rio de la Plata would welcome the...
...and Jordan, a show of force intended to deter Nasser from becoming closer to Moscow. Meanwhile, the UK Government under Harold Macmillan was preoccupied with unsuccessful efforts to promote a...
...was reported around the world, international reactions varied. The British Press were positive. But while the British and French Governments seemed to welcome the speech, they were non-committal about the...
...best way to address gaps in the previous system and provide free healthcare to all. Activists and doctors had promoted these ideas in various guises since at least the Edwardian...
...was important to ‘increase strains’ on the Soviet bloc by promoting bilateral ties, but ‘not at the expense of the Soviet Union’ (whatever that meant). The West accepted, however, that...