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In 1941 Italy’s Assault Legions enthusiastically joined Hitler’
By spring 1941, the Afrika Korps was advancing across eastern Libya towards Egypt and the Suez Canal. But a dusty port town lay in their path
KARELIAN ISTHMUS 25 JUNE – 9 JULY 1944
Leading historians share the texts that have inspired and informed their work
In this issue’s Frontline, the US in Greenland, its contribution to WWI, nuclear threats in Ukraine, Operation Urgent Fury’s aftermath and Lviv’s troubled history
John Foot The Red Brigades The terrorists who brought Italy to its knees 464pp. Bloomsbury. £25. The Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse) captured global attention in 1978, when they kidnapped Aldo Moro, form
Europe’s frozen northeast became a new sacred frontier of holy war, forced conversion and occupation against Europe’s last pagans