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WAR IN FOCUS
August 1971
British soldiers pat
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
12 MARCH
The US invasion of Grenada generated widespread criticism, caused a rift between traditional allies and faced an embarrassing internal review
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
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
Thirty years after the mass shooting at Dunblane Primary School, one of the first journalists on the scene recalls the day and reflects on its legacy