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China and the First World War
During the First World War, nearly a hundred thousand poor Chinese labourers dug British trenches on the western front. Their government hoped that t…
11 years, 3 months ago
Mussolini's Cult of Personality
Benito Mussolini dominated Italy for two decades and was able to rule partly because of the relationship he had with the Italian people. To many ordi…
11 years, 3 months ago
The Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was the last major meeting of the allied powers and took place after the surrender of Germany. The conference was a key event …
11 years, 4 months ago
The Wannsee Conference
In January 1942 Reinhard Heydrich, Himmler's deputy held a conference at Wannsee in Berlin to order the mass extermination of all of Europe's Jews. T…
11 years, 4 months ago
Harold Wilson's Government 1964-70
Harold Wilson was Britain's Prime Minister from 1964-1970, a period in which optimistic visions of a new country faltered and faded. By the end of th…
11 years, 4 months ago
Europe In 1945
At the end of the Second World War Europe was devastated, starving and in chaos. Millions of refugees and displaced persons were dependent on the Uni…
11 years, 4 months ago
The Yalta Conference
by February 1945 The Soviet Union controlled most of Eastern Europe and outnumbered the Western Allies 3-1. Stalin was in a uniquely powerful bargain…
11 years, 5 months ago
The Tehran Conference
In late 1943 the British, Americans and Soviets met at Tehran to discuss the final stages of the war and what the post war world would look like. Thr…
11 years, 5 months ago
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl was Adolf Hitler's favourite film maker and became an increasingly popular member of his inner circle, producing films like Triumph …
11 years, 5 months ago
Prohibition
In 1920 the sale, import and manufacture of alcohol in America was banned and for the next thirteen years the government waged an increasingly fruitl…
11 years, 5 months ago