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Georges Clemenceau and the Paris Peace Conference 1919
By the end of the First World War, French Prime Minister Clemenceau knew that France's security relied on maintaining an Anglo American alliance with…
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Hitler, Franco and the Spanish Civil War
The election of a left wing Popular Front government in Spain triggered a coup by rebel generals against the Second Spanish Republic. Hitler and Muss…
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Mao'hird Front 1964-1980
Following the disaster of the Great Leap Forward and during Mao's attempts at reclaiming his power, a vast new initiative to defend western China was…
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Hitler's Invasion of Norway: April 1940
Chaos, incompetence and poor intelligence by the British and French handed Hitler an easy victory in Norway, seizing a vital source of raw materials.…
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War Reporting on the Western Front 1914-15
Initially, all sides in the First World War were wary and suspicious of journalists, fearing they would give away vital intelligence or impede the pr…
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Churchill's 'Fight Them On The Beaches' Speech June 1940
Expecting to report to the House of Commons a terrible military disaster, Winston Churchill on June 4th 1940, gave the most important speech of his c…
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Woodrow Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference 1919
In December 1918 US president Woodrow Wilson set sail for Europe to build a lasting peace after four years of devastating war. The principled but oft…
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British Propaganda and the First World War
In Phillip Knightley's seminal account of war reporting 'The First Casualty', the British came to excel in distorting war reporting and influencing p…
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China in 1945
After eight years of devastating war with Japan, China found an uncertain peace in the summer of 1945, which would soon come crashing down. The civil…
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Churchill and Roosevelt 1939-1940
In 1939 American diplomats were certain that Britain and France faced defeat and Roosevelt would have to play the role of peace broker. A new prime m…
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