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Stalin and the Soviet Bomb 1945-49
Stalin and his chief henchman Lavrenti Beria poured resources from a devastated USSR into the creation of an atomic bomb from 1945 onwards. The devel…
9 years ago
Bretton Woods 1944-1971
In 1944 at Bretton Woods in the USA a new model of the world economy that would provide postwar stability and prosperity was devised. However, the co…
9 years, 1 month ago
Mao, Khrushchev and the Great Leap Forward
Between 1958-1962 Mao's second five year plan, known as the Great Leap Forward, resulted in economic chaos and a famine that killed over 40 million p…
9 years, 1 month ago
2017 Exams Special: Expert study advice with Lucy Parsons
In a slight change from our regular episodes, I've interviewed study specialist and coach Lucy Parsons to offer her knowledge on how to prepare for h…
9 years, 1 month ago
The World Recession in the 1970s
After three decades of unprecedented global economic growth from the Second World War onwards, the economy of the first world experienced prolonged e…
9 years, 1 month ago
French Fascism 1919-1939
Throughout the interwar period French politics polarised between right and left, but unlike Germany, the political centre ground managed to hold. On …
9 years, 2 months ago
Japan, war and hardship 1937-41
By 1941 Japan was facing acute economic crises due to the long drawn out war in China and the American oil and scrap metal embargo. The surprise atta…
9 years, 2 months ago
The Fate of Europe's Collaborators - 1945
At the end of the Second World War, savage reprisals against anyone suspected of collaborating with the Nazis swept Europe. In many instances, howeve…
9 years, 2 months ago
Kennedy, the CIA and Vietnam 1960-1963
In November 1963, shortly before he was assassinated, John F Kennedy ordered the overthrow of President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam. Diem, a corru…
9 years, 3 months ago
India and the outbreak of war 1939
In September 1939 Lord Linlithgow, the British Viceroy of India declared war on Nazi Germany without consulting any of India's political parties. The…
9 years, 3 months ago