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Suicide Mission to Kill Hitler Foiled
Adolf Hitler visiting the Special exhibition of war loot from Russia in the Zeughaus (old arsenal) in Berlin, where Rudolf Christoph von...
Mar 213 min read


'Big Three' meet at Tehran
A Day in History – 28 November 1943 On the 28th of November 1943, the leaders of the 'Big Three' nations - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston...
Nov 28, 20243 min read


Armistice Called
A Day in History - 11 November 1918 On 11th November 1918, the Armistice was signed between the Entente and their last remaining...
Nov 11, 20242 min read


Mussolini and Communism
The question of whether Mussolini prevented Italy from becoming communist state requires an exploration of his rise to power and the role...
Oct 8, 20248 min read


Why did the struggle against apartheid become violent?
Apartheid, meaning "apartness" in Afrikaans, refers to the system of racial segregation enforced in South Africa between 1948 and the...
Oct 1, 20248 min read


The Mythos of the ‘Spirit of 1914'
“The Spirit of 1914” is a term used to describe the supposed war fever that gripped Europe at the outbreak of the First World War. It...
Oct 1, 20244 min read


Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' Published
A Day in History - 18th July 1925 Following his conviction for high treason against the German Republic in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923,...
Jul 18, 20242 min read


The British Nation: How did political change shape ideas of nationhood in the 19th and 20th centuries?
Hans Kohn explains the idea of nationhood rose to prominence in the seventeenth century, with the growth of political thought and...
Jul 11, 20249 min read


Was 'the Holocaust' an inevitable result of the rise to Power of the Nazi Party in 1933?
The Holocaust was the act of genocide of 6 million Jews during World War 2 by Nazi Germany. To discuss whether this was inevitable by...
Jun 5, 20244 min read


Has the rise of China post-Mao been peaceful?
To assess whether China’s rise post-Mao was peaceful, one will look at the position within China both internally and externally, from Mao...
Jun 1, 20244 min read


Could enslaved people make use of the American Revolution to resist slavery?
The American Revolution,1765-83, was a political revolution which focussed on gaining autonomy from the British and significantly...
May 29, 20245 min read


Is 'The Shawshank Redemption' an accurate depiction of American prisons from 1940-70?
This study will compare the American penal system from 1940 to 1970, seen in Frank Darabont’s 1994 picture, The Shawshank Redemption and...
May 27, 20245 min read


Colditz Conquered
A Day in History - 16th April 1945 Colditz Castle is arguably the most infamous of all POW camps. Declared as 'escape-proof' by Field...
Apr 22, 20242 min read


Barbie Arrested
A Day in History - 19th January 1983 Nikolaus 'Klaus' Barbie was a member of the Nazi Gestapo who worked in the German-occupied...
Jan 19, 20242 min read


An “Age of Atlantic Revolution”
The ‘Age of Atlantic Revolution’ describes the period between 1775 and 1825 that created a revolutionary wave promoting ideals of...
Oct 26, 20238 min read


Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese appeasement with Japan, 1931-37
In the years 1931-1937, ‘Generalissimo’ Chiang Kai-Shek pursued a stance of appeasement with Japan, summarised through the policy of an...
Oct 25, 202311 min read


Garibaldi - The Hero of the Two Worlds
Homages to Giuseppe Garibaldi can be seen all over the world, from the biscuit to the cocktail, down to the colour of Nottingham Forest’s...
Oct 24, 20237 min read


How did Alexander Herzen and Karl Marx see the revolutions of 1848?
In 1848, a series of revolutions swept across Europe, fuelled by a raging desire for political and social change. Alexander Herzen and...
Oct 23, 20235 min read


Bismarck and German Unification
Introduction In 1862, Otto von Bismarck advocated “The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority...
Oct 12, 202316 min read


The Epidemic Century - An Evil Necessity?
Labelled as the “Epidemic Century”, the 19th century in Britain has been seen as one of the most decisive shapers of History. This...
Oct 12, 20234 min read
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