King George VI and the Queen Mother narrowly escaped death in the bombing of Buckingham Palace during the Blitz - but the man who supplied 'inside information…
On September 13, 1940, a German pilot had been given a simple order: to destroy Buckingham Palace and kill the King and Queen ...
Kale on Books: Author examines Winston Churchill’s life pre-WWII
A museum curator, historian and now author, Katherine Carter, has taken a distinctive view of Winston Churchill’s “Wilderness ...
‘Crucibles of Power’ Review: Terrible Crossroads
In Smolensk, residents were obliged to fear both the occupying Nazis and what would happen if Soviet rule returned.
'They are Nazis - like the fascists of 1933!' The German town torn apart by AfD surge
EXCLUSIVE: Pirna in Saxony was the first town in the country to elect a mayor for far right party Alternative fur Deutschland ...
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Churchill in Moscow, Orange Tree Theatre review - thought-provoking language and power games
Playwrights who work for decades often acquire a moniker. In the case of Howard Brenton, who began his career as a ...
Tagtik on MSN6d
They wanted peace, we got war
History isn't necessarily an eternal recommencement, but't is rich in lessons. The case of Neville Chamberlain who negotiated ...
Operation Mincemeat: How Britain's Weirdest WWII Mission Became a Broadway Musical
MI5 and Royal Navy officers tricked the Nazis with a risky deception that saved thousands of lives. That incredible act of derring-do has since inspired a bestselling book, a Hollywood movie, a West ...