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ARTICLE: After the Defeat: Amiens, 1940
A while ago, I did a piece on the Somme, but turned away from the traditional First World War fodder in favour of talking about 1940.
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PHOTO ARTICLE: Summer, 1914, Pt.II
Earlier this week I posted this:
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FREE PHOTO ARTICLE: Summer, 1914
Ages ago, I bought this amazing, huge format book full of images of the opening weeks of the First World War.
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ARTICLE: Lawrence of Arabia on Film
David Lean, director of Lawrence of Arabia, was born in 1908, in Croydon.
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ARTICLE: Gallipoli, the Russian Perspective
Sergei Sasonov was 53 years old when the war broke out, and had been Nicholas II’s Foreign Minister since October 1910.
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PHOTO ARTICLE: Rummaging Around Churchill's Bedroom
Last week my podcast co-host Matt and I went to the Churchill War Rooms to hear all about what IWM will have to offer next year, and to see who we could…
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FEATURE: The Many (Failed) Escapes of Charles de Gaulle
Last week I looked at both the childhood and background of Charles de Gaulle:
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Alex Churchill’s HistoryStack
Alex Churchill’s HistoryStack
TV Presenter/Historian (FRHistS). MRes. That makes me sound like an adult. Which is a lie. I guess, come for those credentials, stay for the sarcastic, sweary version of history? 20th Century Military, royals, older wars boats and other rabbit holes.
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