Empires and Revolution

20 Dec 2019

Socialist Tony Benn Warns his Constituents Against Membership of the European Common Market in 1975

Colin Liddell December 20, 2019 0

Brexit before it was cool. Britain joined the European Common Market in 1972. It took three years for British politicians to ask the P...

24 Nov 2019

WWII

Video: The First Oil War: November 1941

Colin Liddell November 24, 2019 0

Germany's poor access to oil combined with its high mobility "blitzkrieg" tactics made WWII the first real oil war. The e...

9 Sept 2019

WWII

Marshal Timoshenko: Starving the Germans of Oil is More Important than Holding Moscow

Colin Liddell September 09, 2019 0

One of the great mistakes of Adolf Hitler's war policy was its over-reliance on oil for its "War of Movement," especiall...

31 Jul 2019

Seven Years War

The Battle of Minden: the Great British Art of Bumbling Through

Colin Liddell July 31, 2019 0

1759 was the Annus Mirablis ("Miracle Year") of the British Empire, with impressive military victories in all theatres of...

25 Jul 2019

Zirids

Centrifugal Forces and the Creation of Islamic Sectarianism

Colin Liddell July 25, 2019 0

Fatamid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, reigned 996-1013 It is foolish to take ideology too seriously. A careful study of history proves...

4 May 2019

Sea Peoples

Everything You Wanted to Know About 12th Century BC Civilisational Collapse But Were Afraid to Ask

Colin Liddell May 04, 2019 0

Agents of chaos - the Sea Peoples Historian Eric Cline presents a fascinating lecture on his book "1177 BC: The Year Civilizati...

13 Jan 2019

Zulu War

Poem: The Hero of Rorke's Drift

Colin Liddell January 13, 2019 1

The ancients were adept at commemorating the achievements of their warriors, celebrating them in both song and bardic ode. Our own civi...

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20 Dec 2019

Socialist Tony Benn Warns his Constituents Against Membership of the European Common Market in 1975

24 Nov 2019

Video: The First Oil War: November 1941

9 Sept 2019

Marshal Timoshenko: Starving the Germans of Oil is More Important than Holding Moscow

31 Jul 2019

The Battle of Minden: the Great British Art of Bumbling Through

25 Jul 2019

Centrifugal Forces and the Creation of Islamic Sectarianism

4 May 2019

Everything You Wanted to Know About 12th Century BC Civilisational Collapse But Were Afraid to Ask

13 Jan 2019

Poem: The Hero of Rorke's Drift

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