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Comment It may prove to be the mother of all unintended consequences, eclipsing death by virtually any friendly fire or even an errant nuclear missile hitting the wrong town. When the newly elected (or selected, if you prefer) president…

Russia's invasion of Ukraine coincided with a debate over whether to call U.S.-China tensions "a new cold war" and one "No limits“Friendship between Russia and China. As the United States rushed to impose…

Hundreds of lives were lost on September 22, 1914, when the Royal Navy cruiser was sunk in the North Sea along with two of her sister ships.David Edwards, born in Portsmouth and grandson of one of the survivors of the disaster, celebrates…

A Vulcan plane overshot a runway in England on Saturday during a high-speed taxi maneuver, narrowly missing a local road. While the aircraft was largely intact, the road was closed by police as a precaution. The bomber involved in the…

They now seem quaint, even absurd - public service films from the 1950s and 1960s teaching children how to "protect" themselves from a nuclear explosion and showing families that they too can build their own cozy bunker. But with the thaw…

Published: 06:00 16 September 2022 100 years from now, textbooks will say that Thursday, September 8, 2022 marked the end of the Second Elizabethan Age. We may not think of ourselves as living in 'a time' as we might think the!-->!-->!-->…

By James Bennet IIICNHI News ServiceKOKOMO, Ind. - In the early 1940s,…

Just over a week ago, the United States (US) asked chipmaker Nvidia to deliver its cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) processors to China.This is neither the start nor perhaps the end of what appears to be a US-China tech war or,…

A conflict known for its gruesome trench warfare and grizzly, inhuman combat tactics, World War I doesn't often make for a great backdrop for a video game. Unlike WWII, which saw countless digital adaptations spanning multiple console…

Special Forces Veterans - Berlin held their annual meeting in Beaumont for the first time since the tradition began in 1998.Unlike other veteran reunions, where former comrades would tell shared stories of their service, the Special Forces…

It was 1988 and President Ronald Reagan was speaking at a summit in Moscow. In a style few could imitate, Reagan told a joke. It happened like this:"An American, bragging to his Russian friend, says the United States is such a great…

KOKOMO, Ind. - In the early 1940s, 22-year-old Phyllis Talbert posed for the first time in front of Old…

Ukrainian military officials have said a "limited" nuclear war with Russia cannot be ruled out. In an editorial, they wrote that a nuclear conflict raises the…

Artwork: Tang Tengfei/GTIt seems like a long time now that George Osborne and Boris Johnson - then British Chancellor and Mayor of London respectively - spent a week in China as part of a "charm offensive" to promote strong…

he Second World War changed the definition of “normal”. Due to the nature of the conflict, unconventional tactics had to be used to gain an advantage over the enemy. This led to the development of many new technologies, tactics, and…

Similar to Cold War-I, New Cold War-II seems to be dividing the world again, but the situation is much more complex. Cold War-I was led by the USSR, but China with a much larger economy should be the natural leader of…

Protect and Survive - Action after WarningsNuclear, chemical and biological weapons expert Colonel Hamish of Bretton-Gordon said: "It's kind of a fine line between reassuring and actually terrifying people. "I think that's one of the…

Food follows the path of memory. It floats imperceptibly around us, and it's unclear when a faint scent or hint of flavor will transport us to other worlds and other times. My grandparents, from Angul to!-->…

Many German doctors took part in brutal and bloody experiments under the Nazi regime. In the end, only a few received sanctions. Autopsy room in a Nazi concentration camp and print of the German Red Cross (1940).…

LONDON - The first US Navy ship sunk by the enemy during World War I has finally been found, ending 105 years of mystery. A team of experienced divers was able to locate the missing USS Jacob Jones on August 11, around 40 miles off the…

Thousands of Xi Jinping's troops will travel to the allied country to take part in a joint military exercise, according to reports. They will be joined by many other countries, some of which have raised concerns in Western countries.The…

WWII RAF bomber found intact off ItalyFor decades, the Allied invasion of the French coastal city of Dieppe has been considered by many historians to be one of the most catastrophic failures of World War II. More than 3,500 of the…

A team of experienced divers was able to locate the missing ship on August 11, 40 miles off the Isles of Scilly. The USS Jacob Jones was one of six ships named Tucker-class destroyers designed and built by the United States Navy prior to…

Set in 1989 in Germany during an imaginary the Warsaw Pact (opens in a new tab) invasion, Regiments puts you in command of extended real-time combat between Cold War forces. It's a hybrid of RTS and tactical wargame that breaks with…

John Peters, elder; British POW and President of the Association of MBAs, shared his insights on how leaders can build resilient organizations regardless of adversity and volatility. Peters, who is expected to lecture on TEXEM UK's…

Be there . . . . to volunteer for a new British reserve of "Gentlemen and ladies, interested inboating and similar activities, wishing to be oriented towards training for management officers,male and female." Negatives about this Board…

By DAVID ARNDT FOR THE FREE LANCE–STAR Vera and Marya are sisters in Soviet Russia, taught by their father as children to admire the communist ideal. Marya, the…

As COVID-19 tore the world apart in 2020, Andry Rajoelina, the incumbent president of Madagascar, referred his citizens to a herbal tonic to ward off the deadly virus. Alexander Lukashenko, the president of…

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5 best guns of WWII: Literally tens of millions of firearms were produced during World War II. Some of the designs performed better than others, while a few stood out as masterpieces. Of these, five were truly the best of the best. 5…

Amy Johnson is presumed dead in 1941. There are still unanswered questions about what really happened to her.Photograph of Amy Johnson and her plane 'Jason'. C 1930, photographer unknown. Public domain via Wikimedia commons.DDuring World…

American actress Nicola Peltz has posted a cryptic message on Instagram amid a rumored feud with her stepmom, Victoria Beckham. On August 6, the 27-year-old star took to her Instagram account and shared two teary-eyed photos showing off…

PRETORIA, South Africa, August 8, 2022: South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor (R) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) attend a strategic dialogue opening meeting at the South African Department of international relations and…

Angus Howard Southwood was born in Taunton, Somerset, on September 4, 1929. His father had left school when he was 12 after, he admitted, truancy for seven years. He became an estate agent and mayor of Taunton. Young Angus was educated at…

British Cold War propagandists smeared Kenyan Vice President Oginga Odinga in the 1960s in “black” propaganda operations, recently declassified files reveal.The Foreign Ministry's propaganda arm, the Information Research Department (IRD),…

Victoria Beckham would disagree with his daughter-in-law Nicholas Peltz. There are reports that Brooklyn BeckhamThe mother and wife of are in the midst of the Cold War.How is the relationship between Victoria Beckham's wife and son…

Michael Fitzsimmons/iStock Editorial via Getty Images the intro As tensions rise around Taiwan and Ukraine, we think it's important to ask, "What's the worst-case scenario?" If China were to invade Taiwan, how would the world react?…

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi could become Franz Ferdinand's figure in a possible Third World War if she is injured by the Chinese military during her trip to Taiwan, experts warn.The Democrat, 82, landed in Taiwan,…

pg | 1h34 | Comedy, Satire, War | January 29, 1964 (United States) The third of director Stanley Kubrick's four war feature films, "Dr. Strangelove" (or formally: "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb") is…

THE 20th century saw bloody conflicts unfold around the world in two world wars. But will the 21st century see the world return to war? Here's what we know. 1The war in Ukraine continues after the Russian invasion in February 2022Credit:…

Earlier this month, the United States celebrated its Independence Day on July 4. This day holds tremendous significance in American history, as the founding fathers of the American nation proclaimed the Declaration of…

Video games have the power to tell incredible stories by their very nature, with interactivity driving narratives like no other medium can. They can also be a vehicle for stories that could easily fit on the page of a book or the length of…

After years of production cuts, the world's arms manufacturers are preparing for a new Cold War inspired by the struggle in Ukraine, The Telegraph reported. The UK defense sector is no exception: industry leader BAE Systems expects a flood…

Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine is, after a series of strategic missteps by Vladamir Putin, becoming what many experts call a "war of attrition." The term describes warfare characterized by the "sustained process…

Comment this storyCommentBritain's national security adviser has warned that a breakdown in dialogue between rival powers increases the risk of nuclear war, with fewer safeguards today than during the Cold War.Western nations had a better…

Today is Thursday, July 28, the 209th day of 2022. There are 156 days left in the year. ×…

The Aspen Security Forum is the kind of national security conference where you might ask Richard Moore, the completely unguarded leader of MI6, to step aside so you can access the water cooler. It's the kind of place where, at…

Immediately after (if not during) World War I, Britain began to decline as the world's sole superpower. This process slowly and steadily gained momentum after the end of World War II in 1945 with the horrific atomic…

The Russian Navy took delivery of what is the world's longest known submarine, the one its maker touts as a research vessel - but others say is a platform for spy and possibly nuclear weapons .The Belgorod was handed over to the Russian…

The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sparked many commendable reactions around the world. Nations praised his life, goals,…

The most recent thing to surface from Lake Mead around Las Vegas is a World War II dropship, the very identical model famous for its use on D-Day in 1944. The ship of World War II Experts say the lake's sill has reached an all-time high,…

Landguard Fort, off the Landguard Peninsula of Felixstowe, has protected the coasts of this country for hundreds of years. Although there have been a number of fortifications here since the reign of King Henry VIII, the current fort was…

Reg Chard, 99, is a humble hero. In fact, call him a hero and you'll be overlooked."No," he told me unequivocally. "Heroes are the ones who don't come home. Not me. I had a good life...they got nothing."Chard is one of Kokoda's last…

Ahad Raza Mir landed another international series. He will join world on fireis in the cast of the second season of the series. After its debut on Netflix in resident Evilthis is Ahad's second foreign series. He will be…

A TAUNTON-born Cold War spy who blocked the recovery of a Soviet warplane that crashed into a lake in the British sector of Berlin has died. Major - later Lieutenant Colonel - Angus Southwood, operations officer for…

Archie Thomas has requested 100 birthday cards for his 100th birthday. He received more than 1,000...and counting! TYLER, Texas — Last week, an East Texas veteran and prisoner of war shared his request for 100 birthday…

In his 100 years, Archie Thomas has definitely lived a life worth telling.A large crowd gathered to…

BBC TV's flagship 'Panorama' program has revealed new evidence that British special forces killed unarmed detainees in Afghanistan and planted weapons near their bodies to justify their crimes.The BBC also found evidence that senior…

Be careful what you wish for. Artwork: Liu Rui/GTJapan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won a landslide victory in Sunday's House of Councilors elections, winning more than half of the seats up for grabs. The LDP's coalition…

"See You Up There" offers a quick but unforgettable look at the horrors of war that's as grotesquely memorable as anything else in movies...but its real story comes from the consequences horror, damaged, forgotten French…

The opening salvo came via email from the R&A. The title alone was ominous: R&A CHAMPIONS CELEBRATION STATEMENT The…

By mail online William Sachiti bought a former Royal Air Force base in Norwich, England It uses the 250,000 square foot stretch to test its self-driving delivery cars On the ground is a decommissioned radar system used to detect…

William Sachiti acquired a large disused AMES Type 84 radar unit from an abandoned Royal Air Force (RAF) radar station. The British entrepreneur and roboticist has created a thread on Reddit's /r/electronics subreddit seeking advice on…

Refugees find themselves in a situation of uncertainty due to the protracted refugee scenario. They are neither eligible for repatriation nor qualified as citizens of the host country or of a third country. However, they…

World War II looms large in our collective memory, and how could it not be? It practically defines the 20th century. Tens of millions of people fought around the world in a war to end fascism, culminating in the dawn of the…

Millionaires are like the rest of us — when they need help fixing their decommissioned Cold War-era radar units to detect UFOs, they turn to the good folks at Reddit.As spotted by Vicean anonymous Reddit post featuring a gigantic British…

Picture this: It's World War I, and you're one of the soldiers on the Western Front forced to stand in trenches filled with rainwater that would later turn to creamy mud. This is the same place where you will sleep and spend most of your…

British tech entrepreneur William Sachiti had been living and working in the abandoned Royal Air Force (RAF) air defense radar station for about three months when he posted a wire on Reddit looking for help. "Help! I want to bring this…

A year after the end of World War II, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, during a visit to the United States in 1946, gave one of his most famous speeches, known to historians as name of "Iron Curtain Speech". The speech…

A WOMAN who turned her home into a museum dedicated to a British WWII spy says she protected it from developers for 1,000 years. Rosemary Rigby set up the unique museum at Wormelow, near Ross-on-Wye, after…

Russia has long used the cold to defeat Europe. The winter of 1812 stopped Napoleon's special military operation. Hitler's troops smashed the freezer outside Moscow's gates in December 1941. Now Vladimir Putin has the ability to cut off…

Boris Johnson's pledge to increase defense spending falls far short of what is needed if the war in Ukraine spills over to other European countries and escalates into World War III, the former first lord has warned of the sea, Admiral Lord…

Robert Fox says there 'is a real threat of war' as Russian invasion of Ukraine continues A defense expert has claimed…

NATO leaders gathered on Wednesday to try to turn an urgent sense of purpose sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine into action - and to patch up any cracks in their unity over money and mission.General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said the…

Photo by Correspondent / Stephen Huba A banner with the photo of 1st Lt. Richard Horrigan flies outside Chester American Legion Post 121 in Chester, W.Va., on Sunday, the…

June 26 marks the 74th anniversary of the start of the Berlin Airlift, the first major test of US resolve during the Cold War and one of the largest humanitarian aid missions in history. Never heard of it? Well, you're in…

NATO is expected next week to accept the biggest overhaul of its defenses since the Cold War, including a major expansion of a 40,000-man force on standby to respond in the event of a crisis.Russia's invasion of Ukraine - which is not in…

According to a leak, a famous map from Call of Duty: World War II may be coming to Vanguard as part of the Season 4 update. vanguard, as modern warfare and Black Ops Cold Warshared operators and weaponry with Call…

The new commander of the British army has told the country's soldiers that they must be ready to fight in a possible third world war. The country's chief general, Sir Patrick Sanders, has promised to build a military force capable of!-->…

Battlefield tactics and technologies evolve with each new war. Tools that work well in one conflict may prove useless in the next. Others endure, become staples in an army's arsenal, and improve over time. For the US military, one such…

UKRAINE's top brass have paid a moving tribute to British war hero Jordan Gatley after he was killed fighting Russian troops. Jordan, 25, was shot during the intense battle for the city of Severodonetsk. 1Senior Ukrainian brass pay moving…

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NUCLEAR war is now more likely than at any time since the end of the Cold War, according to a chilling new report. The world's superpowers are warned to be ready to increase their nuclear arsenals, replacing old technologies with…

(Tribune News Service) - A lot of people ignore Flag Day, but it never was for JS and Alyne Gray - and not just because it was their birthday. Before marrying in!-->…

The news comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin's army is becoming increasingly depleted following heavy casualties since the so-called 'special operation' in Ukraine. As Russia now strives to secure parts of eastern Ukraine, as well as…

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Global nuclear power arsenal is expected to grow in coming years for the first time since the Cold War as the risk of such weapons being used is the highest in decades, a leading conflict and arms think tank said on…

Large Cold War missiles were deployed by Vladimir Putin after Russia ran out of precision rockets. The missiles, weighing five and a half tons, are causing "significant collateral damage and civilian casualties" to Ukrainian forces!-->…

Australia's newly elected Deputy Prime Minister attended a security conference in Singapore on Saturday. Richard Marles pointed out that the development of military technology in China could "worry" neighboring countries. It is…

Do you remember the Cold War? Do you remember its thirteen most dangerous days when the world was dramatically close to a nuclear confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the latter's missiles in Cuba? Do you…

In trying to solve the Ukraine problem, some, including Ukrainians, have suggested that the West give Ukraine fighter jets, more sophisticated weapons - long-range missiles, more sophisticated killer drones,…

But regardless of this, the Russians felt that their efforts in World War II had not only gone unrecognized, but at the end of the war the United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, with two bombs…

Forty years ago tomorrow, President Ronald Reagan addressed MPs and his peers in the Royal Gallery of Parliament. It was, he said, “a moment of kinship and homecoming in these hallowed halls…one of the sanctuaries of democracy.” It was an…

Seventy-five years ago today, on June 5, 1947, five-star Secretary of State and General George C. Marshall delivered a momentous speech at Harvard University. In it he described the destruction of European cities,…

By Bruce Newbold: Professor of Geography, McMaster University Toronto, June 2 (The Conversation) In a recent press release, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) counted more than 100 million people worldwide who have…

Today is Monday. Temperatures will be between 70 and 80 degrees statewide, with partly sunny skies across the state. Clouds will increase in the north and there will be a chance of showers late in the day. See what's in store…

TWO plays that were due to be performed at Henley before the coronavirus pandemic have become topical since they were postponed. Tales from Star City and The Letter of Last Resort focus on different elements of the Cold War, the…

HISTORY: “We are not looking for a conflict or a new cold war. On the contrary, we are determined to avoid both.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that the United States does not want to cut China off from the global…

Most Long Islanders don't know that during the Cold War, the United States deployed nuclear surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles in Nassau and Suffolk counties – the last line of defense against nuclear bombers from the Soviet era that…

The narrative battle between the pro-NATO and pro-Russia camps continues as the Russian-Ukrainian war rages on. Each side argues that the other is weakened, while any real solution seems a long way off, writes Emad Moussa.Finland's and…

Philanthropist George Soros said the Russian invasion of Ukraine may have been the start of a world war that civilization may not survive. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2022, Soros said the…

Beijing has been accused of risking a new 'cold war' with the West after it emerged that China's foreign minister was pursuing a regional deal with nearly a dozen Pacific islands, including enhanced cooperation in matters of security. The…

Adapted from the satirical 1961 anti-war novel by Joseph Heller, "Catch-22" is a dark comedy set during World War II at a fictional military base in Pianosa, Italy. The film provides a darkly comedic critique of the war…

Jthree successive incidents in five months the end of World War II the sudden disappearance of the United States President Franklin Roosevelt in April 1945, hardcore surrender from Germany to the Soviet Unionin May of that year and…

A Cold War bunker in a field in Yorkshire is up for sale.The former Royal Observation Corps bunker off New Road, Badsworth, near Pontefract, is going under the hammer with a guide price of £18,000. During the Cold War, the observation…

No doubt about it: the Second World War was by far the most important event that shaped the world we live in today. This gigantic conflict led to the demise of European empires, a desire for independence among the colonized peoples of…

The perfect place to wait out WW3: Cold War nuclear bunker could be yours for just £18,000 with no water, gas or electricity but with room for a chemical toiletThe structure offers 'open country views' over Pontefract, West…

Alabama head coach Nick Saban responded to the backlash that ensued when he spoke about the state of NIL and attacked specific programs and coaches. As relayed by Cole Cubelic, Saban posted a response on Thursday, going back to some…

He remained in the United States as, successively, an instructor at Yale, an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an assistant professor at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins…

DUBLIN — The British government's unreliable handling of Brexit is bringing majority opinion in Northern Ireland closer to a united Ireland, Irish Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday. Varadkar said most…

Etaples Military Cemetery, France (Image: Getty)During the Great War, the British Army knowingly took large numbers of underage soldiers into the bloody trenches of the Western Front and Gallipoli. In fact, the numbers were so large that…