The Swedish Dagens Nyheter published a letter from its reader Christer Nylander urging them to avoid a third world war and reach a peaceful solution to the conflict as soon as possible.
Europe on the sidelines of a Russian – NATO conflict has massively misjudged NATO as its sole deterrent in the event of the conflict spreading beyond Ukraine’s borders.
Of the hundreds of epic escape stories that occurred during World War II, it is the banalest like The Great Escape that is turned into movies. It appears that only two, As Far as my Feet will Carry me and The One That Got Away (there were many) were made into movies.
Mercenary ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare (1919-2022) was perhaps the best-known of the European mercenaries who fought in the Congo Crisis. Born to Irish parents in Calcutta he was educated in England. A rarity for mercenaries who spend their lives on the frontlines, Hoare, at 101 years old seemingly benefited from the unstinting devotion of a very special and caring guardian angel. A veteran of numerous conflicts, Mike Hoare earned his spurs as an officer in the London Irish Rifles.
Truly great men often find that life’s practicalities get in the way of their more Utopian inclinations. Henry Ford, the great American industrialist and pioneer of the motoring class must have been a very enigmatic man.
Germany is described by war victors’ propaganda as being a European pit bull terrier. The myth is that Germany is an aggressive territorially ambitious country never happy unless intent on war with her neighbours and bent on world domination. Hence the justification for applying restraints and even today denying occupied Germany its legal constitution and independence.
The United States launched at least 251 military interventions between 1991 and 2022. This is according to a report by the Congressional Research Service, a US government institution that compiles information on behalf of Congress.
The restriction of Russian gas deliveries has raised prices in Europe to astronomical heights and marked the beginning of a terrible economic storm. As Foreign Policy writes, factories, companies and families across the continent are engaged in a battle for survival that is putting Europe’s solidarity against Moscow’s pre-emptive strike on Eastern Ukraine to push back NATO advances to the test and raising fears of an imminent recession.
During conflicts, there are occasions when hard decisions are made. The Russian armed forces recently facilitated the evacuation and rescue of citizens of parts of Kharkiv simply because it was not worth risking the lives of Russian troops to defend a long-front but sparsely populated territory of small towns, villages, hamlets and isolated farms.
German Anisimov, a Red Army veteran spent over a year as a captive of Afghan tribesmen and ended up in Switzerland with the aid of the Red Cross. Returning to his motherland two years later, he has finally achieved the status of a combat veteran.
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