The grisly fate of more than 16,000 soldiers and civilians during the First Anglo-Afghan War serves as a timeless lesson in hubris and bad leadership

By spring 1941, the Afrika Korps was advancing across eastern Libya towards Egypt and the Suez Canal. But a dusty port town lay in their path

The US invasion of Grenada generated widespread criticism, caused a rift between traditional allies and faced an embarrassing internal review

KARELIAN ISTHMUS 25 JUNE – 9 JULY 1944

In this issue’s Frontline, the US in Greenland, its contribution to WWI, nuclear threats in Ukraine, Operation Urgent Fury’s aftermath and Lviv’s troubled history

Controversy of the week A grim anniversary When ...