...(GDR). Between the establishment of the communist régime in East Germany in September 1949 and 31 May 1961, over 2.6 million people left the GDR. Their loss was a costly...
Seventy years ago, Klaus Fuchs was sentenced in the Crown Court to 14 years for passing classified information to the Soviet Union. Born in Germany, Fuchs had fled the Nazis...
...1st Military Working Regiment, based in Germany, employs around 200 canines and 280 personnel. Prior to active duty with the British Army, Royal Air Force or Royal Military Police, all...
...Treasury compromise which led to the poster’s creation. Preparing ‘Home Publicity’ 'Keep Calm and Carry On’ was coined by the shadow Ministry of Information (MOI) at some point between 27...
...English Art Club. In 1908 and 1910, Bone became internationally renowned as his work was shown in France and Germany respectively. In 1916 at a Red Cross sale of blank...
...controversy, and a few appeared to share the view of the socialist writer George Orwell, that international sport – far from promoting harmony among nations as its proponents claimed –...
...President in 1969 he had, he claimed, ended ‘America’s longest war’ in Vietnam by the agreement signed with North Vietnam in January 1973; ‘unlocked the doors’ between the USA and...
...have been a major contributing factor regarding the outbreak of the First World War. Since 1918 the Entente has been attributed to concerns about the rise of Germany. Yet the...
...in dire need of more troops. On the 2nd March 1916 the Military Service Act came into force. This Act enforced compulsory military service for every British male aged between...
...continued to serve in Newcastle’s administration and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in March 1755. Irish politics in this period was divided between supporters of the administration and a...