Why stop there? Why not just arrest or shoot, supporters of Reform? Our leaders consider it entirely acceptable for Sinn Fein to receive vast amounts of money from abroad. Why should Reform be treate… (View Post)

The "Turnip Winter" of 1917/18 was dreadful for Germany. The High Command were well aware that the German people would not tolerate another winter like that. (View Post)

It's an almost insoluble problem in war, particularly when you gain a lot of momentum. A lot of people will look at map and say, why couldn't the Soviets drive for Eastern Germany, after Op… (View Post)

Marshal Luigi Cardorna, who sent Italian soldiers to their deaths, in their tens of thousands, at the Isonzo, was a monster, who honestly ought to have been shot for his callous incompetence. (View Post)

The flaw in that approach is expecting other nations to play by your rules - when they play by their own. It’s worth noting that international law, to a man like Philippe Sands, is merely a means to … (View Post)