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The sound of military tradition still has it’s place in Britain’s modern Army
There is no military tradition as instantly recognisable as the sound of massed pipes and drums echoing across Edinburgh Castle. Yet behind the spectacle lies something more consequential than ceremony: a demonstration of how institutions preserve their identity while adapting…
Poland-Ukraine Military Naming Row Exposes Wartime Alliance Fault Line
A dispute between Poland and Ukraine over the naming of a Ukrainian military unit has exposed a sensitive historical fault line inside one of Kyiv’s most important wartime partnerships. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday urged calm and direct…
Duty, Courage and Chance: The Remarkable Life of D-Day Veteran Bill Redston
The death of Royal Navy veteran Bill Redston at the age of 101, just days before today’s 82nd anniversary of D-Day, marks the passing of a man whose life spanned some of the defining events of the modern era. It…
From Guernica to Kyiv: How Strategic Bombing Doctrine Evolved from Hitler to Putin
From the shattered Basque town of Guernica to the pulverised apartment blocks of modern Ukraine, aerial bombardment has evolved from experimental terror tactic to grimly familiar feature of industrialised war. Yet the philosophy behind it has changed markedly since the…
The Shkval question: how an old Soviet torpedo entered the Hormuz war debate
One of the more unusual weapons to re-emerge in discussion of the current Gulf crisis is the Soviet-designed VA-111 Shkval, a supercavitating torpedo whose speed once made it a subject of intense Western interest. Its Iranian counterpart, widely identified as…
Honouring the Fallen: A Century Later, 5 British Soldiers Receive the Dignity They Deserve
In the tranquil surroundings of Loos British Cemetery Extension in northern France, two poignant ceremonies recently took place, marking the final resting places of British soldiers whose identities had been lost to time. These solemn occasions were not merely acts…
Royal British Legion poppy appeal launched in Brussels
The annual launch of the UK’s Royal British Legion poppy appeal has been marked in Brussels with a moving tribute to the war dead, coming just ahead of Remembrance Day in November in honour of Britain’s military veterans. The 2025 poppy…
The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Cold War Flashpoint and Its Enduring Lessons
On This Day: October 16th 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of nuclear war, reshaping global diplomacy and military strategy. The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 stands as one of the most perilous…
Scottish Heroes at Rest at Last: 110 Years After the Battle of Loos
Lens, France — In a solemn and stirring ceremony on Thursday, two Scottish soldiers—Lieutenant James Grant Allan and Lance Corporal Gordon McPherson—were laid to rest with full military honours in northern France, one hundred and ten years after they fell…