When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...

In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to ...

Three Allied aerial bombing decoy sites from World War II were recently investigated, uncovering significant variations in ...

The Treaty of Versailles, which was signed on 28 June 1919, was intended to bring peace following World War I — but instead ...

Listen to Story The US might be facing an exodus of researchers, reminiscent of the mass departure of intellectuals from Nazi Germany during World War II. Many top scientists ... anymore," he told ...

The Edge of War’ delves into the precarious days leading up to World War II when British and German officials meet in Munich to prevent war. Based on Robert Harris’ 2017 novel, ‘Munich,’ the espionage ...

How the bold, hopeful visions of self-determination in Britain’s eastern colonies curdled into a more militant nationalism by the end of the second world war.

I always knew of his connection to Kenya, but it wasn’t until the elders died that I learned of his role in suppressing the ...

The west will surely have to pay a heavy price one day for its culpability in this evil. Israel should have been stopped ...

Zelensky has said that Ukraine will not recognise previously approved US military aid as loans to be repayed. This comes as ...

“If a sheep dies at the very edge of the empire, it will be noted. They are obsessed with bureaucracy.” Girsu was first rediscovered in the 19th century. Since World War II, it’s been looted ...