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The Crushing of the Spartacists: 1919
In the immediate aftermath of the German revolution, radical forces on the left and right were discontent with the development of a centre left Weima…
7 years, 10 months ago
Shops and shortages under Stalin 1929-39
Stalin's decision to ban private trade and to create state monopolies was carried out in haste with little planning during a period of immense econom…
7 years, 10 months ago
Billie Holiday and Strange Fruit - 1939
Strange Fruit was the first popular song that reached a mainstream audience which addressed the question of violence against black people in America …
7 years, 10 months ago
The Freikorps vs the Red Army - Latvia 1919
Days after the November armistice was signed, the Red Army launched its bid for the Baltic States and only local anti communists, former German soldi…
7 years, 10 months ago
The Siege of Leningrad Part Two
Whilst Leningrad's citizens starved, Soviet party bosses enjoyed food, warmth and comfort. Laying siege to the city, the demoralised and ever more br…
7 years, 11 months ago
The problems of American rearmament: 1941
Years of inconsistency in America's foreign and defence policy throughout the 1930s had left deep confusion at the highest levels of government about…
7 years, 11 months ago
War exhaustion and the Central Powers
When Russia left the First World War in 1918, the generals and politicians of the Central Powers were convinced that victory was in sight. Germany's …
8 years ago
Social Mobility and the American Dream 1945-50
Rising living standards, new scientific innovation and a faith in progress were prevalent in America in the immediate aftermath of the Second World W…
8 years ago
Hitler, Goering and the Four Year Plan
When President of the Reichbank and Economics Minister Hjalmar Schacht suggested slowing the pace of rearmament to Hitler in the mid 1930s, he was re…
8 years ago
Lenin's Train to Russia: April 1917
The journey made by Vladimir Lenin in 1917 from Zurich to Petrograd was part of a German strategy to undermine its enemies from within. Previous atte…
8 years ago