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800 Year Old Law Ends
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:51:00 -0500
Last week a 600g loaf of bread went on sale in England. This was unusual, as previously a law had decreed that all loaves sold in England had to be...
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Dresden Death Toll Reduced?
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:51:00 -0500
The Allied bombing of Dresden during World War 2, which destroyed 85% of the city, has been the subject of great debate recently, with some people complaining that the action...
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Hitler Assassination Story
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:50:00 -0500
One of the questions I’ve heard about World War 2 is why weren’t there attempts to assassinate Hitler, with the implication that disgruntled Germans should have acted. While this view...
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Key Gun to go on Display in Britain
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:02:00 -0500
The gun fired by an assassin in his, successful, attempt to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, thereby triggering the powder-keg of European politics and leading directly to the start...
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Napoleonic.org gets a Facelift
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:02:00 -0500
The “Fondation Napoléon” is dedicated to the study of all things Napoleon, and their website is one of the better resources on the web about the Emperors of France. It...
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Charge of the Polish Cavalry
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:00:00 -0500
Polishnews.com has published an account of the “Last Great Charge of the Polish Cavalry”. Any guesses as to when this was? Well, the answer was actually 1939, against the invading...
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Working Spitfire Auctioned
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:16:00 -0500
The Spitfire is the iconic British plane of the Second World War. While its precise role in the Battle of Britain – the aerial war fought between Britain and Germany...
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Museums and Mobiles
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:16:00 -0500
Museums and sites of historic interest have sometimes provided audio guides before, but the “Roman Town House” museum in Dorchester, UK, has introduced something a little different. Instead of giving...
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German War Memorial in Peril
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:15:00 -0500
As I mentioned a campaign to raise money by a British museum relating to the Second World War last week, I think it’s only right to mention a German campaign...
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Berkeley History Podcasts
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:28:00 -0500
For the last few years the University of California, Berkeley, has put podcasts of some lecture courses online. I’ve been listening to “History 5: European Civilization from the Renaissance to...
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