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History shows that Donald Trump is making a serious error in appeasing Vladimir Putin

In threatening to walk away from efforts to end the war in Ukraine, the US president is ignoring crucial lessons about the consequences of...

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Tim Luckhurst

Two great war leaders united by American isolationism: Charles de Gaulle and Volodymyr Zelensky

Back in 1940, FDR wasn’t convinced that de Gaulle could be an effective leader in exile. It turns out he was wrong.

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Dambusters raid: a feat of courage and skill whose cost outweighed its achievement

Operation Chastise, as the Dambusters’ May 1943 bouncing bomb attack on the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe dams was officially called, was a heroic example...

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The 1918 Meuse-Argonne campaign was a disaster for the US army, so journalists glamorised it

The only extended campaign American soldiers fought as an independent force during the first world war was the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Launched in...

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