Empires and Revolution: Scotland

NAZI FAILURE TO EMBRACE MASS PRODUCTION ENSURED GERMAN DEFEAT

The StuG assault gun, effective and easy to mass produce, Germany's neglected war winner. After the unexpectedly quick victory over Fra...
The Dambusters Raid – an example of British technological 'try-hardism'

War, among other things, is a great stimulus to technology. WWI saw the invention of the tank, aerial bombardment, and the use of gas a...
The Lousiana Purchase: How Yellow Fever and Swiss Anarchy doubled America Overnight

On this day in 1803, the United States of America doubled in size when the United States government bought the vast territory of Louisia...
The Romanian "Night of the Long Knives" - Ion Antonescu and the Overthrow of the Iron Guard

Adolf Hitler, far from being an "extreme radical," as he is often portrayed, quite frequently sided with Conservative and est...
The German Revolution and the Defeat of Franchise Sovietism

Reds on the march. There is a karma in history that means that bad deeds are often returned, sometimes quite quickly. When America bet...

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NAZI FAILURE TO EMBRACE MASS PRODUCTION ENSURED GERMAN DEFEAT

The StuG assault gun, effective and easy to mass produce, Germany's neglected war winner. After the unexpectedly quick victory over Fra...
The Dambusters Raid – an example of British technological 'try-hardism'

War, among other things, is a great stimulus to technology. WWI saw the invention of the tank, aerial bombardment, and the use of gas a...
The Lousiana Purchase: How Yellow Fever and Swiss Anarchy doubled America Overnight

On this day in 1803, the United States of America doubled in size when the United States government bought the vast territory of Louisia...
The Romanian "Night of the Long Knives" - Ion Antonescu and the Overthrow of the Iron Guard

Adolf Hitler, far from being an "extreme radical," as he is often portrayed, quite frequently sided with Conservative and est...
The German Revolution and the Defeat of Franchise Sovietism

Reds on the march. There is a karma in history that means that bad deeds are often returned, sometimes quite quickly. When America bet...
THE BATTLE OF YORKTON WAS MAINLY A FRENCH VICTORY

History is often the egoism of nations, rather than the accurate accounting and highlighting of facts. This is especially true where event...
The Mongols Conquer the Great City of Kaifeng

The fall of the city of Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin State on the 26th of February, 1233 was the decisive moment in one of the grea...
THE REAL REASON THE BRITISH EMPIRE FELL

Why did the British Empire fall? Was it because Churchill threw it all away by standing up to Hitler's aggression or was it part of a ...
WHO DID WORSE AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN 1942, THE BRITISH OR THE AMERICANS?

The Fall of Singapore is often presented as the "death knell" of the British Empire, as a cataclysmic and humiliating event that e...
HOW THE BRITISH BEAT NAPOLEON'S ARMIES

YouTube historian A Time of Eagles dismisses the usual myths used to explain British success in the Napoleonic Wars and focuses on the rea...