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German terror bombing and Warsaw 1939
The German airforce was designed to support its army on the battlefield and act as a tool for rapid military operations or 'blitzkrieg'. Unlike Briti…
5 years, 10 months ago
Britain's Europe Referendum 1975
In 1973 the Conservative Party and the right of the Labour Party voted to join the European Economic Community or 'Common Market' as it was known. De…
5 years, 11 months ago
French Politics and the war in Indochina 1949-54
By 1950 the French political establishment was in a state of despair about its prospects in Vietnam. The newly reorganised army of the Democratic Rep…
5 years, 11 months ago
Internationalism vs Anti Communism in America: 1945-7
In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the popularity of international, multilateral organisations such as the UN and the Bretton Woods …
5 years, 11 months ago
140 Days to Hiroshima Part Two: Explaining History interview with David Dean Barrett
This is the second in our two part interview special with historian David Barrett, whose new book 140 Days to Hiroshima examines the decision making …
5 years, 11 months ago
Ronald Reagan's conservative transition 1954
In the 1930s, Ronald Reagan had been a Roosevelt Democrat supporter and had believed that the role of government in alleviating the crisis of the Gre…
5 years, 11 months ago
The US Navy and the Battle of Midway
America's war in the Pacific had begun with Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbour and within six months the US Navy inflicted a devastating defeat…
5 years, 11 months ago
Pacifism and British Politics 1933-39
In the 1930s the deteriorating world situation presented all major political parties in Britain with profound dilemmas, whether to back pacifism, col…
5 years, 11 months ago
Slave labour and the Nazi Armaments Industry 1942-45
In 1942 Heinrich Himmler appointed a new administrator to the head of his concentration camp network, Oswald Pohl. Pohl saw the key to his personal a…
5 years, 11 months ago
Class origin, social stigma and the Stalin Constitution 1935-39
By 1935 the Soviet regime appeared to relax its stance towards citizens deemed to be class enemies and their children. Stalin said: "A son does not a…
5 years, 11 months ago