Now it seems either breathtakingly arrogant or plain mad, but in 1979 global diplomacy had no public voice for, nor…
Since time immemorial Afghanistan has been riven by tribal, ethnic and religious conflict. In its harsh geography, authority expands and…
The protracted and brutal war that laid waste one of Asia’s most ravishingly beautiful countries was a classic example of…
Lying only 300 km (200 mi) from the US mainland, the Caribbean island of Cuba had become an increasingly irritable…
As Fat Man and Little Boy brought World War II to its nuclear end, former colonial powers elbowed their way…
Leningrad was a primary objective of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union. Its importance as Russia’s second city…
In the months following D-Day in June 1944 the success of the Allies in driving Germany out of France and…
Soon after the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940, Combined Operations Headquarters was set up to harass the all-conquering Germans by…
West African soccer fans like to turn matches into carnivals and the 2010 World Cup qualifier between Cote d’Ivoire and…
It’s said that pride comes before a fall, and the efficiency with which Japanese forces overwhelmed ‘impregnable’ Singapore in February…