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The Provisional Government: Russia 1917
The Provisional Government: Russia 1917

In March 1917 a provisional government established itself in Russia in the aftermath of the downfall of the Tsar. By October 1917 it had been swept a…

11 years, 7 months ago

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The Casablanca Conference
The Casablanca Conference

In early 1943 the tide of the Second World War was turning in favour of the allies, following victories in North Africa. At Casablanca the British an…

11 years, 8 months ago

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Dien Bien Phu
Dien Bien Phu

In 1945 France returned to its former colony in Indochina, determined to re-assert control after humiliation by Japan. The nationalist Vietminh were …

11 years, 8 months ago

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Kruschev and the Secret Speech 1956
Kruschev and the Secret Speech 1956

in 1956 Soviet leader Nikita Kruschev spoke for the first time the 20th Party Congress about the crimes of his predecessor Joseph Stalin. His speech …

11 years, 9 months ago

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Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression

By the end of the First World War Herbert Hoover was a national hero in America for his humanitarian work. A decade later he was engulfed in an econo…

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The Heath Government 1970-74
The Heath Government 1970-74

By the early 1970s a perfect storm of inflation and mounting industrial unrest brought the government of Edward Heath to its knees. His plans to intr…

11 years, 9 months ago

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The Scramble For China
The Scramble For China

From the 1840s onwards China endured over half a century of an unprecedented onslaught from Britain and other western powers. She was defeated, humil…

11 years, 9 months ago

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The Baader Meinhof Gang
The Baader Meinhof Gang

Why did West Germany suffer a decade of terrorism from 1967-77? During the height of Vietnam War protests, a generation of radical West German studen…

11 years, 10 months ago

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Strength Through Joy
Strength Through Joy

In 1933 Hitler established a state run mass leisure organisation in Germany to help develop his vision of a socially unified, racially homogenous soc…

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British Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War
British Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

Between 1936 and 1938 nearly 2,000 British men and women travelled in secret to Spain to fight on the side of the Spanish Republic against a national…

11 years, 10 months ago

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