Military

Now it seems either breathtakingly arrogant or plain mad, but in 1979 global diplomacy had

Since time immemorial Afghanistan has been riven by tribal, ethnic and religious conflict. In its

Lying only 300 km (200 mi) from the US mainland, the Caribbean island of Cuba

As Fat Man and Little Boy brought World War II to its nuclear end, former

Leningrad was a primary objective of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union. Its

In the months following D-Day in June 1944 the success of the Allies in driving

Soon after the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940, Combined Operations Headquarters was set up to

It’s said that pride comes before a fall, and the efficiency with which Japanese forces

World War II had been taking its grim course for two years without the involvement

If there was one thing at which Germany’s well-trained and disciplined Wehrmacht excelled, it was

The so-called phony war ended in May 1940 when the Battle of France began. It

The Royal Navy’s HMS Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship that saw action in World

Can there ever have been a greater military disaster than the Battle of the Somme?

Even in a conflict characterized by poor strategic leadership, the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 was

When the Cunard Company launched its latest passenger liner at Clydebank in Scotland on June

In the late 19th century Britannia did indeed rule the waves, having enjoyed supremacy since

One of the iconic images of the glory days of British Empire shows a tall,