Kenneth McKilliam distils fact from fiction

THE POWERS that emerged victorious from World War I made a second war almost inevitable by the peace conditions they imposed upon Germany. That second war was later made certain, not by the intentions of Hitler but by the determination of his eternal enemies to destroy the [...]

Deborah Haynes, Defence Correspondent

Britain considered dropping millions of poisoned darts on German troops in the final stages of the Second World War, secret files made public have revealed.

Created by British and Canadian scientists, the darts could have been packed into bombs and released from the air with the potential to kill or [...]