Prussia in 18th century
In the 18th century Prussia became a real military camp where everyone works for the army. The peasants were soldiers...
19/05/2012
history
Olympics and politics: Not Just a Game Anymore
On February 8th this year two events took place in London. In a crown court Harry Redknapp, manager of Tottenham...
18/05/2012
First post-war Britain’s election in 1945: Attlee’s first acts
The results of the election came as a surprise to almost everyone when they were announced on 26 July, including...
17/05/2012
On This Day: Victory Day in Europe
On 8th of May 1945, Germany officially ceased military operations, ending the European conflict of World War II and prompting...
08/05/2012
Robert Curthose invasion of England in 1101
Robert, Duke of Normandy, nicknamed Curthose for the shortness of his legs and hence his leggings, was the oldest, nicest...
08/05/2012
Khazaria: A Forgotten Jewish Empire
With the break-up of the Soviet Union and the troubles prevalent in the Balkans there has been much renewed interest...
03/05/2012
Akhenaten: A Different Pharaon
At some point around 1375 BC (Egyptian chronology is not yet an exact science) a flotilla made its way along...
21/04/2012
The Bay of Pigs: The Unsuccessful Invasion
On the night of April 16th and 17th, 1961, 1,400 armed men on board a flotilla of small boats and...
20/04/2012
Book Review: The Legacy of the Italian Resistance by Philip Cooke
The Legacy of the Italian Resistance Philip Cooke Palgrave Macmillan 263pp £52.25 Between 1943 and 1945 thousands of Italian men...
18/04/2012
The War Horses of the Western Front
Michael Morpurgo’s popular novel War Horse (1982) has rightly been referred to as ‘the Black Beauty of the Great War’....
18/04/2012