Why did Joseph Stalin Decide to Invade Finland in 1939?
The Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland began in late 1939. For Stalin, as Kimmo Rentola explains, it turned out to be a strategic blunder
20th Century
A collection of 78 Posts
Harry Clifton and Brideshead’s Sebastian Flyte
The real-life inspiration for a classic character from fiction
The 1907 Peking to Paris Race with Kassia St Clair
Kassia St Clair on an event that 'accelerated the twentieth century'
The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine
From the moment von Zeppelin flew his airship in the summer of 1900, people saw these machines as new emblems of the modern world.
'Rigid Airships Were a Bad Idea' with S.C. Gwynne
The feats and follies of the airship era, on board the world’s largest flying machine
