Unconditional surrenders

Early on 8 November 1942, Adolf Hitler’s special train was en route from Berlin to Munich when it was stopped at a small station in the Thuringian Forest to receive an urgent message from the Foreign

THE SECOND WORLD WAR STILL PLAYS A MASSIVE role in our national mythology in Britain. But if I were to ask you: “Who was the fourth ally?” I imagine that most readers would have to think twice. The an

At the climax of fighting in the Pacific, the USA revealed its ultimate weapon and ushered in a new era of warfare

On the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan, Charles Harris looks back at the 14th Army’s extraordinary campaign and the remarkable characters who shaped it

For most of the 58 years prior to the 1985 Ryder Cup, the event had been an overwhelmingly one-sided affair. But three days at The Belfry that September changed the momentum of the event forever

Your interesting feature about the role of medieval warhorses in shaping British history (August) reminded me of a subsequent occasion in which horsepower became a critical factor. In April 1660, with