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France's Empire between the world wars
Between 1918 and 1939 France's overseas colonial empire, like Britain's, grew with the acquisition of Ottoman territories as mandates. France's empir…
10 years, 2 months ago
The Partition of India 1947
In 1947, two days after India became an independent nation, the plans to partition the country into a Hindu India and Muslim East and West Pakistan w…
10 years, 2 months ago
India in 1945
In 1945, after the devastation of a long war across Asia, Britain's hold over her Indian empire was greatly weakened. The new Labour Government was n…
10 years, 3 months ago
Stalinist Architecture
In the aftermath of the October Revolution in 1917, Constructivism, a radical avante garde modernist style of architecture became influential. The Co…
10 years, 3 months ago
Harry Truman 1945
Following the death of US president Franklin Roosevelt, his successor, Harry Truman entered the Oval Office in the last days of World War Two. The in…
10 years, 3 months ago
Nixon and Kissinger 1968-74
By the end of the 1960s the Cold War was in deadlock and America was mired in war in Vietnam. Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger attempted to address …
10 years, 4 months ago
Subhas Chandra Bose
During the Second World War, Subhas Chandra Bose courted Soviet, Nazi and Imperial Japanese leaders in order to build an army to force the British ou…
10 years, 4 months ago
The Tories and the Miners 1970-1984
In 1974 the government of Edward Heath was defeated in an election called to give Heath a mandate against the trade unions. His nemesis was the miner…
10 years, 4 months ago
Asia after the atomic bomb
In August 1945 two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan ending the Second World War in Asia. However the bombs did not end conflict across the region, …
10 years, 5 months ago
America in 1945
At the end of the Second World War, the USA was the wealthiest society in history and experienced an economic boom that was to last for nearly three …
10 years, 5 months ago