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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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago
Eisenhower, atomic testing and the early cold war
After the detection of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb test in 1949, the race to create bigger and more destructive weapons led to testing in th…
4 years, 2 months ago
China, the Second World War and historical memory (Part Two)
China, in the British or American historical memory of the Second World War is rarely seen as an equal allied power, despite the huge sacrifices endu…
4 years, 3 months ago
August 4th 1914 - the Reichstag votes for war
In August 1914, German leaders of the SPD, including the anti war Hugo Hasse accepted the inevitability of conflict and voted against their principal…
4 years, 3 months ago