...There never has been a moment, there never could be a moment, when Great Britain or the British Empire, single-handed, could fight Germany and Italy, could wage the Battle of...
...free hand in Eastern Europe and Russia and for territorial changes brought about by force; both accepted that conflict with Hitler’s Nazi Germany was probably inevitable, but that delaying that...
It has been 30 years since Communist rule in Eastern Europe finally ended with mass demonstrations, an end to one-Party rule, free elections and the opening of borders. Illegal organisations,...
...peace. Woodrow Wilson, photo by Pach Brothers The speech When he declared war on Germany in April 1917 Wilson did so stating that the United States was an ‘associated power’...
...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...
...Poland and Yugoslavia were a different matter; and if the contagion of unrest spread to East Germany, the spectre of an increasingly powerful West Germany eroding the supremacy of the...
...nuclear test ban and initiating disarmament talks, plus increasing the pressure on the West over the status of Berlin and a divided Germany, kept the US Government headed by President...
...many of which were granted to soldiers and officers who were volunteers in the Protestant armies in Germany or fighting with Protestant Dutch rebels in Holland against Catholic Spain. Passes...
...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...
...been engaged in a long and deadly struggle against Nazi Germany and its allies, VE Day was indeed a cause for celebration. The ‘Big Three’ Allies: Truman (only 1 month...