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COLD WAR
In the tense nuclear stalemate, the Western Allies hatched
During the early days Operation Barbarossa, Army Group Centre’s rapid advance surrounded hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers in the Białystok-Minsk area. What ensued was a catastrophic defeat for the Soviet defenders
HOW THE LUFTWAFFE PREPARED FOR THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
The USA’s standing army maintains traditions and remains prepared for the defence of the country in the 21st century
In the event of a Nazi invasion, Britain would have deployed a network of deadly defences to impede the enemy at every turn
On a muggy night in late August 1940, Hinnerk Waller’s fraying tether had finally snapped. Relentlessly deployed in the Battle of Britain as part of the Luftwaffe fighter wing JG 52, Waller was paying
Could lessons from the last great conflict help the democratic world triumph over the rise in autocratic power?