Britain’s declaration of war against Finland on December 5, 1941, was a typically humiliating moment of allied warfare. Invaded in November 1939 by Soviet forces, Finland fought tenaciously against overwhelming odds through a brutal winter. In a 1940 broadcast, Winston Churchill declared “Only Finland—superb, nay, sublime—in the jaws of peril—Finland shows what free men can
Six out of 10 Republicans reported supporting Israel’s campaign against Iran in a recent poll, while just 27 percent of GOP respondents said they oppose the strikes Donald Trump (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Donald Trump on Saturday directly addressed Republicans who oppose his steadfast support for Israel’s preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear sites, telling them,
‘I told Iran they should settle and they almost got there but not quite,’ president says in brief phone interview President Donald Trump takes questions after signing a series of bills (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Donald Trump said he was in good spirits following Israel’s punishing strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities Thursday evening. “I feel
TEL AVIV—Israel struck Iran’s main uranium enrichment site at Natanz and killed several top Iranian military officials and senior nuclear scientists in an ongoing military operation that also neutralized a retaliatory drone attack, according to Israeli officials. In the surprise assault, which began overnight, more than 200 Israeli aircraft carried out fives waves of airstrikes
Indivisible, the group behind Tesla protests, expects nearly 2,000 anti-Trump protests across the country this weekend Indivisible co-executive director Ezra Levin at an anti-Elon Musk protest (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn) The left-wing dark money groups behind nationwide anti-Trump protests scheduled for this Saturday are urging their activists to do whatever they can to maintain
IDF touts ‘preemptive, precise, combined offensive based on high-quality intelligence to strike Iran’s nuclear program’ Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) Israel launched the opening salvo in a massive military campaign against Iran and its nuclear program late Thursday evening, bombing dozens of military targets that included the homes of senior Iranian political
An Israeli strike on the Islamic Republic ‘could very well happen,’ the president added, and ‘might help’ but ‘also could blow’ discussions President Donald Trump takes questions after signing a series of bills (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Donald Trump told reporters that Iran must offer more concessions than it appears willing to make to reach