July 1945

Since 1940 Japan had been devoid of civilian politicians as the parties had been dissolved by the militaristic Imperial Rule Assistance Association, led by Lt General Hideki Tojo. Over the intervening

In this issue’s Frontline, read how the modern world is “infinitely more complex” than the Cold War and how new Chinese weapons are threatening the US Navy’s Pacific dominance; plus, an expert’s insights into decades of crisis in Sudan, and how two controversial territories continue to create instability

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

Sunday 18 June 1944 was a fine day. The morning service at the Royal Military Chapel (the Guards’ Chapel) in Birdcage Walk in the City of Westminster, Central London, was officially commemorating the

Eighty years after atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, the resurrection of one of its cities remains remarkable