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Poison gas and its long term impact on the 20th Century
By the end of the First World War, the British, French and American Armies were using gas more effectively than Germany, and the German Army's abilit…
5 years, 4 months ago
Margaret Thatcher, Tony Benn and Great Britain: 1973 - 1983
In the 1970s and 1980s two political figures came to define the polarisation of British politics and society and the end of political consensus betwe…
5 years, 5 months ago
Rumours, letters and humour in Stalinist Russia 1928-38
In all totalitarian societies, individuals instinctively find ways of navigating and interacting with a repressive state. In the USSR, rumours, jokes…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Sino Soviet Split - In conversation with Larry Auton Leaf
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we hear from history teacher and writer Larry Auton Leaf about Mao, Stalin, Khrushchev and Sino So…
5 years, 6 months ago
Lyndon Johnson and the legacy of JFK - 1963
Following the assassination of John F Kennedy, his vice president, Lyndon Johnson, was unexpectedly propelled into the White House, but faced a staff…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Battle of Guadalcanal: Part Two
The long battle of attrition by the Japanese Army against the resilient US Marine Corps on Guadalcanal began with serious miscalculations by Japan. B…
5 years, 7 months ago
Aspects of working class life in Britain during the 1930s
Working class life in Britain during the 1930s was shaped and reshaped by economic forces. In the first part of the decade, a devastating economic sl…
5 years, 7 months ago
Sachsenhausen, Soviet POWs and the origins of the Final Solution
In 1941 Sachsenhausen concentration camp became the first of the existing pre war concentration camps to become a site of mass killings as 9,000 Sovi…
5 years, 7 months ago
The British Communist Party, Popular Fronts and Spain 1932-36
After the appointment of Adolf Hitler as chancellor in 1933, Stalin began to privately regret his decision to prevent a popular front of communist an…
5 years, 8 months ago
Guadancanal and Ironbottom Sound
Following the victory over Japan at Midway, the US Navy was unprepared for a devastating defeat inflicted on its landing force at Guadalcanal. The Ja…
5 years, 8 months ago