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Chiang Kai Shek and war with Japan - 1937 (Part Two)
Part two of today's exploration of Chiang Kai Shek's decision making in the summer of 1937 as Japan's armies placed ever greater pressure on northern…
3 years, 11 months ago
Chiang Kai Shek and war with Japan - 1937 (Part One)
After six years of Japanese control of Manchuria, and the establishment of control piecemeal across northern China, a skirmish at the Marco Polo brid…
3 years, 11 months ago
Update: French fascism defeated at the polls by Macron
Today's update takes a sidestep away from Ukraine to look at the historic developments in France, following the defeat of Marine Le Pen and the Front…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ukraine Update Episode Four: Putin and Zelenskiy's Western Supporters
This is the fourth part of my exploration of the Ukraine crisis, and its wider ramifications. Across Europe and America both the Russian Federation a…
4 years ago
British national identity in the age of Brexit: Explaining History in conversation with Dominic Selwood
In this special extended feature episode of the Explaining History podcast, I had the great pleasure to chat with Dominic Selwood, author of Anatomy …
4 years ago
SS mentalities and crimes
SS killers approached the violence and brutality of their murderous work in the camps during the war as part of the wider racial struggle that the Na…
4 years ago
Ukraine Report March 2022 (episode Three)
This is the third Ukraine update and in this episode, we look at the wider strategic and diplomatic realignments that are rapidly occurring, includin…
4 years ago
Malta, Rommel and North Africa 1940-43
The failure of Nazi Germany to seize the small British mediterranean colony of Malta was a significant strategic error. In 1941, Hitler decided not t…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ukraine Report March 2022 (episode two)
In this week's Ukraine update, I focus on the bigger strategic and geopolitical problems that face a kleptocratic state in Russia and the shortcoming…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ukraine Report March 2022
This is the first of a series of special episodes dedicated to exploring the Ukraine crisis. I will post these weekly, alongside regular history podc…
4 years, 1 month ago