The heavily decorated panzer commander Hasso von Manteuffel knew Adolf Hitler reasonably well, having met him on numerous occasions from the summer of 1943 until the spring of 1945. 

In the previous instalment of this series, I briefly outlined a historical parallel between the relationship of Russia and the United States today, in regards to an ascendant China, and the relationship between Fascist Italy, and the British Empire, in regards to an ascendant Third Reich in the...

It is probably prudent to start with a clear affirmation that the pandemic is real, that COVID-19 has taken many lives, and that public health measures have been necessary to try to limit the devastation of the disease. No denying here.

1) Atomic bombings of Japan – Last year, the 75th anniversary of the atomic attacks received sparse coverage. With the bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, mankind entered the defining period of its brief existence on earth: the nuclear age. 

Recently, the Croatian military decided to choose the French Dassault Rafale for its multi-role fighter jet. The twelve Rafale planes will replace Croatia’s Russian-made MiGs in the country’s biggest arms purchase since its 1990s war of independence from Yugoslavia. The EU member chose France’s...