This month in history: july

To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict

IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO DISCERN THROUGH the black clouds billowing from bomb craters in Tehran, but Iran has spent most of the 21st century as the region’s rising power. Until recently, things had re

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

This week the AP time machine travels back to this month in 1944 and 1981

We will all remember where we were when we first heard the news, when it started trickling through that something had happened on London’s transport network. Initially, there were reports of explosion

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