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In the summer of 1941 bored and eccentric young officer David Stirling came up with a plan that was ..
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In 1914 the world changed forever when World War One broke out and a generation of men went off to f..
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On a warm July evening in 1985 a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in Moscow ho..
On 16 December 1944 Hitler launched his “last gamble” in the snow-covered forests of the Ardenne..
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Scaling a new peak of rash over-ambition Tim Moore tackles the 9000km route of the old Iron Curtain ..