Sparks Commentary

“We refer to the group of self-governing communities composed of Great Britain and the Dominions. Their position and mutual relation may be ...

The Cold War affected both sides of the  twentieth century’s  greatest conflict, in every region of the world. These included largely neutra...

Note: The “War of the Austrian Succession” included several different conflicts within it. Thus, many of my blog’s mentions of these related...

“The free exercise of the roman religion [in Canada] is granted, likewise safe guards to all religious persons, as well as to the Bishop, w...

German U-boats were once the terror of the high seas, and this was true during both world wars. In the  First World War , this campaign had ...

“There are a lot of people who say that bombing can never win a war. Well, my answer to that is that it has never been tried yet, and we sha...

“An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America …” – Long title of the “Quebec Ac...

Note: This is a collection of several BBC documentaries about World War II. That is to say, it is not a unified history like  “The World at ...

“♪ We’re the D-Day Dodgers, out in Italy, Always on the vino, always on the spree. Eighth Army skivers and their tanks, We go to war in ties...

In 1986, there were two versions of “The Story of English” – a television series, and a book. I never got to see much of the television seri...

Warning: This blog post contains some disturbing pictures. One of these, in particular, is very graphic, and may merit special caution. The ...

“We do hereby Declare and Proclaim that a State of War with the German Reich exists and has existed in Our Dominion of Canada as and from...

“... That the said colonies and plantations in America have been, are, and of right ought to be, subordinate unto, and dependent upon the ...

"Since the English have in their power an officer and two cadets, and, in general all the prisoners whom they took when [they] assas...

So I recently finished watching "Korea: The Forgotten War," which is a five-hour series from Timeless Media Group . (Not to be c...

"No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave , And the star-spangled banner in...

"In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely...

"It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, to declare by Proclamation ...