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Operation Spider’s Web, in which dozens of Russian bombers were destroyed with drones, shows Ukraine’s aptitude for blue-sky thinking. It marks an inflection point in warfare

In 1942, the German war machine was at the height of its power. France, the ‘hereditary enemy’, was defeated and occupied. In the Soviet Union, Army Group South was marching inexorably toward the Cauc

No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from ...

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

In the event of a Nazi invasion, Britain would have deployed a network of deadly defences to impede the enemy at every turn

Rich, resourceful and ruthless, the Venetians left handsome imprints across the Greek world, says Matthew Dennison , as he explores the lingering traces of a vanished empire