Spain at war: a country divided
Chris Bambery traces the history of the Spanish Civil War and sets the scene for the conflict’s bloodiest battle.
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Spanish Civil War: the Battle of the Ebro
Chris Bambery examines how the deadliest engagement of the Spanish Civil War paved the way for Republican defeat.
The USSR at 100
There were two revolutions in Russia in 1917. In March, tens of thousands of striking workers, peasants, and soldiers — exhausted by the privations of the First World War — took to the streets of Petrograd (St Petersburg) in protest.…
Churchill and Stalin: an unlikely alliance
From 1917 to the 1950s, Winston Churchill had a long and bumpy relationship with the Soviet Union, and it had a profound effect on his reputation in America. Taylor Downing charts the zigzags.