The British bombs that rain down on Yemen are produced in three towns: Glenrothes in Scotland, and Harlow and Stevenage in south-east England. Bombs roll off production lines owned by Raytheon UK and BAE Systems, firms contracted by the government to manufacture Paveway bombs (£22,000 apiece...
Regional organisations have suspended diplomatic initiatives in areas ranging from the South Caucasus to West Africa, while the envoy of the International Contact Group on Venezuela – a group of European and Latin American states looking for a diplomatic solution to the crisis there – had to cance...
The Soviet forces went in from the east, south, and north. The Soviet army moved in and conducted a swift offensive. The Soviets attacked on three fronts with heavy artillery fire supported by tanks. Part of the Soviet army moved north toward Berlin while the other section advanced to ...
We Were Soldiers Once and Young: Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed the War In Vietnam (review) During three days in November 1965, 234 Americans lost their lives in this confrontation, more casualties than those suffered by "any regiment, North or South, at the Battle ofGettysburg." The ...
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War and peace in the nuclear age North Korea's development of a nuclear arsenal and delivery systems that could threaten the U.S. mainland, South Korea, and Japan has heightened the possibility of a disastrous conflict with hundreds of thousands of casualties. If ... EW Colglazier - 《Scienc...
Lebanese Civil War was a civil conflict (1975–90) in Lebanon characterized by the deterioration of the state and the coalescence of militias along communal lines. The conflict was exacerbated by the participation of foreign actors, especially the Palest
Battle of Gettysburg, major engagement in the American Civil War that was fought southwest of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and was a crushing Southern defeat. The three-day conflict involved more than 71,000 Confederate troops commanded by General Robert E.
there is an inescapable conclusion that Gordon Brown and his government are fighting the wrong war in the wrong way.Much has been made of the success, and the sudden halt to Panther's Claw, an operation of 3,000 troops to clear the Helmand valley south and west of the capital Lashkar ...