The German Occupation of Vichy France
On 14th June 1940, Paris fell to Germany. The Prime Minister, Paul Reynaud and his deputy, Henri-Phillipe Petain, disagreed over...
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The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
At the end of World War Two Germany had been partitioned into four sectors controlled by America, Britain, France and...
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Hitler and the Munich Beer Hall Putsch
Following the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm and defeat in World War One, the government of the new German Weimar Republic...
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The Battle for Gaza, 1917
The Egyptian Expeditionary Force (forces of the British Empire in Egypt) led by Archibald Murray had twice failed to capture...
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Catherine the Great
Catherine was born Sophia Augusta Frederika of Anhalt-Zerbst on April 21st 1729. Her father was a minor German prince. At...
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