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78Working Class Life in the 1940’s
Working Class life in the 1940’s was a time of great change mostly brought about by the fact that war had been declared on September 3rd 1939. The way most people got this news in September 1939 was via the...
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91Living through the Blitz - how British civilians sheltered from the bombs
Within living memory, British people all over the country feared the constant rain of death that fell from the skies, day and night. This article is the story of how those brave men, women and children protected themselves from the bombs, fell victim to them, and lived their lives despite them. And how they came through the war victorious, despite the Blitz.
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89Operation Sealion - how Britain prepared for the Nazi invasion in 1940
As Winston Churchill, the new Prime Minister, put it, “the Battle of France is over, the Battle of Britain is about to begin"
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78The Cold War - an overview
The Cold War is the name given to the period from 1945 to 1990 when a high level distrust existed between the USA and the USSR. A conflict of opposing ideologies - capitalism and communism. The Cold War was...
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77What If? : Questions in Subjunctive History
What if? All of us (or at least, the most of us) have encountered this question (or theory) sometimes in our lives. Oh yes, we all understand that living in the past has no use, that you cannot drive...
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69The Thermite Reaction
The Thermite Reaction is a popular demonstration in school science lessons. This is for two main reasons: 1. It gives a spectacular firework-like explosion. 2. It demonstrates an important concept in...
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69Operation Avalanche A demonstration of what could have happened at Normandy
When Allied forces invaded Italy during the Second World War, they did so in two stages. The first stages went smoothly but the second stage, under Operation Avalanche nearly turned disastrous. What transpired there could have been a portent of Normandy.
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84The Knights Templar: their London headquarters today
The Knights Templar remain fascinating to this day. And in London, you can still visit the Templars' New Temple, and see the Temple Church they built. It's still a fully-functioning parish church, and open to visitors. I am a member of Middle Temple, and therefore a parishoner of Temple Church. It's an absolutely fascinating place.
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82Hiroshima - the first atom bomb attack
Nuclear weapons have not gone away. They are still in the arsenals of combatant countries around the world, some acknowledged, and some unacknowledged. And that fact alone is extraordinarily scary.
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74NHS-The National Health Service of the UK-An Institution worth investing in?-You bet it is.
The NHS, or National Health Service, of the UK was once upon a time viewed as a wondrous thing to behold. More recently it has taken somewhat of a bashing both in the UK and across the pond. Somehow or...
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