The FCO sent out a travel advisory for Ukraine at the weekend - essential travel only. Up to that point it was "be careful, have an escape plan, be prepared to get out quickly" (View Post)

They are. They count themselves as war victors, but ended up being sold down the river to Stalin. (Not that we had much option). (View Post)

Don't we already have troops "training"? Suspect those-who-are-not-mentioned may be there and calling in the airstrikes/spotting for artillery if the tanks come across the border. We could … (View Post)

Quite a few settled on the Baltic and effectively became part of the Baltic German ethnic group. The Barclay de Tolly family was descended from Scots and the famous general was born in Courland and g… (View Post)

Maybe more stylish, but it also weighed less. (View Post)