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

Dr Paul Brown reveals Britain’s role in patrolling the seas during the height of Cold War tensions with the USSR

Leading historians share the texts that have inspired and informed their work

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

KARELIAN ISTHMUS 25 JUNE – 9 JULY 1944

Just before Christmas, a bitter wind blew in. Ice and snow descended, first in Scotland and then, on Boxing Day, across the rest of the UK. Before it could melt or the new year arrive, a second blizza