Showing posts with label the British Empire (other). Show all posts
Showing posts with label the British Empire (other). Show all posts
Sunday, June 28, 2026

How decades of conflicts sucked Europe into the Great War

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Germans annex the Alsace-Lorraine region, and Germany becomes a unified nation In 1870, France declared war on Prussia , in an attempt to a...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

A review of “The Korean War” (audiobook)

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In 1950, the Cold War suddenly became hot.  North Korea  launched a full-scale invasion of  South Korea . The  Korean War  would soon draw ...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

The long-neglected contributions of New Zealand in World War II

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“This is not an occasion for many words; it is a dark day in the history of the world … It is with deep regret and sadness that I make this...
Friday, August 15, 2025

Great naval conflicts: From the Seven Years’ War to the Napoleonic Wars

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Many pirate movies take place in this general time period, and so do many history movies I grew up on pirate movies like “Treasure Island,” ...
Monday, April 25, 2022

A review of “ANZAC: Australians at War in World War Two”

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“Fellow Australians, it is my melancholy duty to inform you officially, that in consequence of a persistence by Germany in her invasion of ...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

A review of “Modern Marvels: The Suez Canal” (History Channel)

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Long before the  Panama Canal  was built, the Suez Canal was opened in 1869. This is the same year that America ’s  Transcontinental Railroa...
Monday, October 11, 2021

A review of “The Boer War”

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Warning: This blog post contains some disturbing pictures. One of these, in particular, is very graphic, and may merit special caution. The ...
Monday, August 16, 2021

A review of PBS’s “Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World”

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The Arab Revolt against the rule of the Ottoman Turks … When people hear the phrase  “World War One,”  they usually think of Europe . But it...
Saturday, June 6, 2020

A review of “Canada at War” (World War Two series)

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“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...
Monday, May 18, 2020

Forgotten battlegrounds of the Cold War: South Asia and Indonesia

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“ We the people of Indonesia hereby declare the independence of Indonesia . Matters which concern the transfer of power and other things w...
Friday, April 19, 2019

A review of “Rebels & Redcoats: How Britain Lost America”

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“... That the said colonies and plantations in America have been, are, and of right ought to be, subordinate unto, and dependent upon the ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

A review of “The Great War” (1964 BBC series)

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"In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely...
Friday, June 6, 2014

A review of “The World at War” (World War Two series)

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"This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin Nevile Henderson handed the German Government a final note stating that unless we hear...