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 ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

A review of Andrew Marr’s “History of the World” (BBC)

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Before watching this film, I had enjoyed watching  Andrew Marr’s “Modern Britain” series , which covered the period from 1901 to 2007. More ...

The American Revolutionary War was fought on four different continents

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Even many British histories of the war tend (understandably) to gloss over this subject In the eighteenth century , the  British Empire  was...
Saturday, June 6, 2026

How historical context can shed light on World War II

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World War II was the largest conflict in history . It tore the continent of Europe apart, both during the war and in its immediate aftermat...

A review of “World War II” (audiobook)

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I should preface this review by saying that I’ve seen a number of other great histories of  World War II . For example, I’ve seen the  Ameri...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

What was the “Hundred Years’ War”? (Depends on which one you mean)

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There are a few candidates for this name, all of them involving Britain and France You might already know that the  Normans invaded England ...