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Outnumbered and outgunned, the Finns’ spirited defence
ORTONA, ITALY 20-27 DECEMBER 1943
The jungle warfare in the Far East was both a tactical and political challenge for British forces in WWII
During a highly charged presidential campaign, a bomb explodes, unleashing panic and a wave of recriminations. Then a Chinese Y-8 reconnaissance aircraft vanishes in Taiwan’s eastern waters. Under the
Uncover the all-conquering Hun king whose nomadic horde terrorised Rome
He knew the layout of the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, the source of the water that cools its reactors, and the high-voltage cables that move its electricity. He knew where a shell had rec
When General Francisco Franco died on 20 November 1975 – 39 years after the start of the brutal civil war that brought him to power – the prospect of a bloodless transition to democracy in Spain appea