...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...
...in such action. The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction. (Proclamation by the Heads of Government, United States, United Kingdom and China, 26 July 1945)[i] On 15 August...
...for example, 20,000 troops were committed against the Arab rebellion in Palestine which had erupted again in November 1937. Britain’s overseas intelligence organisation, the Secret Intelligence Service, was overstretched and...
...and Wales, and in Scotland). The question included 9 boxes, 7 labelled with pre-coded categories and 2 allowing people to write in their ethnicity. The classification was: White; Black-Caribbean; Black-African;...
...and technology was important for economic progress. From a Western viewpoint, constructive Soviet engagement in global issues such as arms control, the Arab/Israeli conflict and the increasing power of Communist...
...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...
...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...
...been less welcome if the British Government knew how strong his connections were to Hermann Göring, President of the German Parliament. Hermann Göring in Nazi Party uniform wearing the order...
...a powerful impact, not just in the United States but also in the United Kingdom, on the European continent and elsewhere? Of course, the killing of an American President is...