What’s the context? 12 October 2015: The execution of Edith Cavell

...helping over 200 Allied servicemen escape to England. At her trial she confessed freely to doing this. Many others, mostly Belgian, had been arrested with her, of whom 26 were...
...helping over 200 Allied servicemen escape to England. At her trial she confessed freely to doing this. Many others, mostly Belgian, had been arrested with her, of whom 26 were...
...of 1942. Their co-habitation lasted until Attlee broke up the coalition following the defeat of Germany in May 1945. The Great War prime ministers do not appear, at first sight,...
...they were, the Preamble stated, determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilisation of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law....
...and the DFC, his citation noted his ‘exceptional navigational ability’ and the ‘very large number of sorties’ he had flown ‘against heavily defended targets’ in Germany. From 1944, West Indian...
...issues like reparations, French security and military control of Germany was elusive. Lack of such agreement made the protection of British interests in the Middle, Near and Far East more...
...State George C. Marshall continued long-running and frustrating discussions with the Russians over the future of divided Germany, reparations, peace treaties, German level of industry and the Soviet threat to...
...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...
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