6th June 1918 saw more American soldiers fall on French soil than the famous 1944 D-Day landings. Why is this fact so little known? As well as providing a detailed account of this funereal episode, "Lafayette We Are Here!" looks at the reasons behin...

On 1st July 1916, the Bay of Somme was the scene of the deadliest day in British military history. What happened there? Englishmen, Scotsmen, Irishmen, Welshmen, Canadians, South Africans, Australians, New Zealanders – many soldiers from Great Brita...

27,000 French people were killed on 22nd August 1914, the bloodiest day in French history. This is four times more than at Waterloo, and as many in total as during the eight years of the Algerian War. Even more than the Battle of the Marne, Verdun o...

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb...

When, early in 1940, an important Soviet defector provided hints to British Intelligence about spies within the country's institutions, MI5's report was intercepted by a Soviet agent in the Home Office... She alerted her lover, Isaiah Berlin, and Be...

A compelling account of Arabian culture chronicled through the eyes of a British writer. David Urch's compelling account of his years in Saudi Arabia belongs to a longstanding and important tradition of English authors rendering their encounters wit...

David Urch vividly evokes the birth of modern day Bangladesh. Bangladesh became an independent state in 1971. But its story – often overshadowed by flood, famine and natural disaster – is one that should make every Bangladeshi proud. David Urch's vi...