The German plan, Churchill wrote, “worked with amazing accuracy. No sooner did Lenin arrive than he began beckoning a finger here and a finger there to obscure persons in sheltered retreats in New York, in Glasgow, in Bern, and other countries, and he gathered together the leading spirits of a formidable sect, the most formidable sect in the world, of which he was the high priest and chief. With these spirits around him he set to work with demoniacal ability to tear to pieces every institut...| Richard M. Langworth
ATV's Graphic Design department is honoured by International Advertising Art The post Success for graphic design appeared first on THIS IS ATV NETWORK from Transdiffusion.| THIS IS ATV NETWORK from Transdiffusion
Version française By Ariane Gauthier We make surprising connections throughout our lives. Things we thought were confined to our work or social circles unexpectedly surface in other areas. For me, …| Library and Archives Canada Blog
You may not realise you could have these coins in a jar or piggy bank at home.| Liverpool Echo
Professor Jonathan Conlin of The Lausanne Project explains how that "most superior person" (as he was described by contemporaries at Oxford) met his match at Lausanne 100 years ago. Of all the treaties negotiated in the wake of World War 1, …| History of government
By Pradeep Barua The Indian Army participated in both world wars in the twentieth century. During the First World War (1914-1918,) 1.3 million Indian soldiers fought for the British Empire. Another two million men joined the Indian Army and fought for the allies in World War Two (1939-1945).[i] In the latter case, feeding this massive … Continue reading Curry Goes to War: Indian Army Field Rations in World War Two →| The Recipes Project
A hoard discovered in the Netherlands presents an extraordinary first for continental Europe. The contents of this cache combine coins minted by Rome and a powerful ruler in Britain: Cunobelin. This eye-catching mixture is just one of the clues that the hoard was amassed by a person or people with first-hand experience of Britain, most likely participants in the Roman invasion. Do these coins of Cunobelin, then, represent the spoils of war? In our cover feature, we explore what this hoard rev...| World Archaeology
Churchill’s views about borders and “captive nationalities” differed between the World Wars. In 1918 he opposed shifting populations against their will, condemning Germany’s 1870 annexation of Alsace-Lorraine. In 1945 he was agreeable, even anxious, to shift the Polish state at the expense of Poles in the east and Germans in the west. But by then there were graver worries, and no one was speaking of a “war to end wars.” The post “Much To Be Thankful For”: Reparations and Magna...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
Churchill’s account of Romania in the Great War expresses his lifetime view that in the face of aggression, there is no room for neutrality. In 1940 he remarked of the neutrals: “Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last.” He had no better use for Romania’s “ambiguous watchfulness” in the previous war. It was, he insisted, utterly ineffective. The post “The World Crisis” (12): “The Eastern Front” and Romania’s Error appeared fi...| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
“So they said: ‘It is no use setting up a League of Nations without Russia. If we are to accomplish this it can only be with the aid of Germany. Germany knows more about Russia than anyone else. Germany let Lenin loose on Russia. Ought she not to play her part in clearing up this whole eastern battlefield like the others?’” The post “The World Crisis” (11): Churchill’s “Armistice Dream” appeared first on The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College.| The Churchill Project – Hillsdale College
In December 1918, Wilson set off to secure peace. “His opportunity was nevertheless as great as has ever been given to a statesman.”| The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College
The Dardanelles and Gallipoli taught Churchill four attributes for success in war: action, ownership, perseverance and compassion.| The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College
How the Dardanelles and Gallipoli went wrong, and how Winston Churchill was saddled with the blame by his formerly enthusiastic colleagues.| The Churchill Project - Hillsdale College
The Bedford Lemere and Company collection shows how life changed on the home front in England during the First World War.| The Historic England Blog
Version française By Sacha Mathew Did you know that you can easily make your own military heritage display by using the tools and digitized records found on the Library and Archives Canada website?…| Library and Archives Canada Blog
Get a different perspective on England’s long military history with aerial photography from the Aerofilms Collection.| The Historic England Blog
Everyone makes mistakes, but some mistakes are much bigger than others. For these people their mix-ups weren’t just embarrassing, they were deadly.| Historic Mysteries
West Flanders offers some beautiful landscapes for hikers. Here are some resources to help you decide where to walk in West Flanders.| Discovering Belgium
The subject matter has woven its way into our collective consciousness, but it has perhaps never been so beautifully described as in this poem by the current poet laureate (and the first woman to h…| Poetic Beauty
These pioneering women led the way in making engineering a career choice for all women.| The Historic England Blog