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BELCHING SMOKE THROUGH THE CHANNEL, RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER SO UNRELIABLE IT SAILS WITH ITS OWN BREAKDOWN TUG


Work began on the Admiral Kuznetsov in 1982 and it was commissioned in 1990... READ MORE

23rd October, 2016 20138

IS THIS THE START OF WORLD WAR III? THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT


World War II began when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, leading to Britain and France to declare war on Germany days later... READ MORE

7th April, 2017 15500

SAINSBURYS CHRISTMAS AD IS A DANGEROUS AND DISRESPECTFUL MASTERPIECE


Perhaps the greatest truism, even cliche about the first world war is that nobody ever really understood why it happened, what it was all about... READ MORE

14th November, 2014 14494

'POSTURING' RUSSIANS TO SEND AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND FLEET ALONG THE ENGLISH CHANNEL


The Russian vessels are expected to include the battlecruiser Peter the Great and a Udaloy class destroyer... READ MORE

15th October, 2016 13357

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS EVOKES EUROPES DARKEST HOUR


In Europe, we benefited from humanitarian assistance and the acceptance of refugees after the disaster that was World War II, Mr. Roth said... READ MORE

4th September, 2015 12691

BATTLEFIELD LANDSCAPES FROM FIRST WORLD WAR 100 YEARS ON


Above, the landscape of the Newfoundland Memorial Park, in Beaumont Hamel, with trenches, shell crater and wire pickets... READ MORE

11th November, 2014 5105

TOWER POPPY DISPLAY TO GO ON TOUR


The Royal British Legion has said it hopes the sale of the poppies, after the installation has been dismantled, will raise in excess of 15m... READ MORE

9th November, 2014 4022

GERMAN CONSERVATIVES ARE DESTROYING EUROPE WITH AUSTERITY, SAYS ECONOMIST THOMAS PIKETTY


German conservatives are destroying europe with austerity says economist thomas piketty... READ MORE

6th July, 2015 3566

'POPPY HIJAB' TO MARK MUSLIM SOLDIER'S VICTORIA CROSS 100 YEARS ON


This symbol of quiet remembrance is the face of everyday British Islam... READ MORE

31st October, 2014 3392

NAVY FACING HEAVIEST RUSSIAN ACTIVITY SINCE COLD WAR SAYS FIRST SEA LORD


The Royal Navy is facing its greatest challenge from Russian submarines and warships for more than 25 years, the First Sea Lord has told his sailors... READ MORE

16th January, 2017 2824

AUSTRIA NOW SAYS OVER 70 BODIES THOUGHT TO BE MIGRANTS WERE IN TRUCK


The Austrian daily newspaper Kronen Zeitung said that 71 bodies were recovered from the truck... READ MORE

28th August, 2015 2379

EUROPE'S CURRENT ANTI-MIGRANT RHETORIC CARRIES ECHOES OF 1930S ANTI-SEMITISM


Even during World War II, let alone before it started, antisemitism was rife in American political and public life... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 2125

DIGITAL MOSAIC OF FALLEN WW1 PRIVATE


Artist, Helen Marshall, 43, said she looked through hundreds of World War One images before choosing Pte Beaney... READ MORE

7th November, 2014 1984

ARMED FORCES JOB CUTS REACH TARGET THREE YEARS EARLY


The number of British army personnel has been cut back by 20,000, three years ahead of target, according to statistics from the Ministry of Defence... READ MORE

28th July, 2015 1872

ARTIST PAUL CUMMINS 'RECEIVED DEATH THREATS'


Mail online uk tower of london ceramic poppy artist paul cummins received death threats 18 mins ago... READ MORE

15th February, 2015 1829

WRECK OF SECOND WORLD WAR BRITISH SUBMARINE FOUND OFF DENMARK


The 84-metre T-class submarine sailed from Rosyth, Fife, in order, it is thought, to attack German merchant ships supplying arms to Nazi-occupied Norway... READ MORE

5th September, 2016 1697

70 YEARS LATER HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA


Even as World War II was ending 70 years ago, Americans already knew it had transformed their country... READ MORE

18th July, 2015 1627

FOREST OUTSIDE NAZI DEATH CAMP YIELDS DISTURBING FIND


During World War II, the Nazis were known to adjust Stutthof's size depending on their needs... READ MORE

21st October, 2015 1411

U.S., JAPANESE NAVAL FORCES STAGE SHOW OF STRENGTH


The USS Ronald Reagan and the Japanese warship JS Izumo took part in the fleet review... READ MORE

18th October, 2015 1333

GRAPH OF WORLD WARS BY NUMBER DEAD AND DURATION OF CONFLICT SHOWS HOW WAR IS VERY MUCH NOT BEHIND US


It might be 100 years since the Great War, but the world remains a very turbulent place... READ MORE

11th November, 2014 1044

FINAL POPPY IS 'PLANTED' AT TOWER


Tower of london poppies final poppy is planted... READ MORE

11th November, 2014 894

'WE CAN DO IT!' HUNDREDS DRESS UP AS WWII ICON ROSIE THE RIVETER


They'd just tentatively broken the Guinness World Record for most Rosies in one place since WWII... READ MORE

16th August, 2015 863

BRITAIN TO REPAY A?2BN FIRST WORLD WAR DEBT


The Government can currently borrow money at record low interest rates, so it makes financial sense to replace old debt borrowed at higher interest rates... READ MORE

31st October, 2014 777

REFUGE AND RESPONSIBILITY: THE AGE-OLD LESSONS THAT EUROPE FORGETS


Palestinian refugees, in their hundreds of thousands, are our responsibility... READ MORE

12th September, 2015 748

WWII TANK WAS STASHED IN 78-YEAR-OLD'S CELLAR


Prosecutors meanwhile are investigating whether possession of the tank torpedo anti-aircraft gun and other weapons violates Germany's War Weapons Control Act... READ MORE

6th July, 2015 742

JAPAN'S LITTLE-KNOWN, BUT SIGNIFICANT, ROLE IN WORLD WAR I


The Imperial Japanese Navy had patrolled the South China Sea and had gone as far as the Indian Ocean, but there were no more major battles... READ MORE

9th May, 2017 725

HITLER SECRETLY MADE THE WEAPONS OF THE FUTURE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR


First flown in 1944, the Horten Ho 229 was the world's premiere stealth aircraft, equipped with twin turbojet engines, two cannons, and R4M rockets... READ MORE

7th September, 2015 566


11am Two hours before Germany's deadline to France expired, Baron von Schoen, the Kaiser's ambassador in Paris, presented himself to Viviani to receive France's reply... READ MORE

3rd November, 2014 545

THE FIRST WORLD WAR IS STILL WITH US. THATS WHY WE REMEMBER


What is so striking about the first world war is that it has long stirred a symmetrical hostility in the collective folklore of the right... READ MORE

2nd November, 2015 545

BAHRAIN OPPOSITION LEADER JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS DAY AFTER UK MINISTER 'OPENS' ROYAL NAVY BASE IN THE KINGDOM


Sheikh Ali Salman Bahrain opposition leader jailed for four years day after UK minister 'opens' Royal Navy base in the kingdom... READ MORE

16th June, 2015 542


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