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Operation Sealion and the Battle of Britain Part One
Following the devastating defeat of France, Hitler turned his eyes to Britain, the last obstacle in his conquest of the west. Poor planning and a fai…
8 years, 9 months ago
Adenauer, Schumacher and West German De-Nazification: 1949
Konrad Adenauer, the first Chancellor of West Germany attempted to suppress the memory of the Holocaust in the new republic. His political opponent, …
8 years, 9 months ago
The Young Turk Revolt 1908
After decades of decline and gradual European encroachment into the Ottoman Empire, disaffected and angry army officers staged a revolt in 1908, forc…
8 years, 9 months ago
Sacco and Vanzetti Part Two
The second part of the discussion on Sacco and Vanzetti, based on Eric Foner's 1977 essay 'The Men and the Symbols'
Explaining History helps you unde…
8 years, 9 months ago
LLoyd George and the British Empire delegation in Paris 1919
British Prime Minister David Lloyd George led the British delegation and also those of the British empire dominions who had fought in the First World…
8 years, 9 months ago
Britain, America and the aftermath of Dunkirk
Following the military disaster of the fall of France and the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from France, Churchill waited for Hitler'…
8 years, 9 months ago
The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial 1920-1927
The politically motivated trial of Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti is examined in depth here, courtesy of Eric Foner's 1977 essay The Men and t…
8 years, 9 months ago
America, Palestine and Jewish Immigration 1945-48
At the end of the Second World War an American survey of Jewish survivors in Europe recommended mass Jewish immigration into Palestine. President Har…
8 years, 9 months ago
The Fall of France Part One
A series of disastrous miscalculations led the French Army and the British Expeditionary Force to fall into the German Army's trap in 1940. The fall …
8 years, 9 months ago
Journalists and the Spanish Civil War
The conflict in Spain attracted writers and correspondents from around the world and excited passions among their readers in Europe and America. Many…
8 years, 9 months ago