History of War
THE — DOOLITTLE RAID
On 18 April 1942, American bombers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle took off from the USS Hornet. Their target: Tokyo. Their mission: Avenge Pearl Harbor
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History of War
THE TSAR'S WAR WWI'S EASTERN FRONT
Tsarist Russia was unprepared when World War I began, and the disastrous experience hastened the end of the Romanov Dynasty and the rise of communist rule
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History of War
THE ROMAN ARMY
The legions in Britain helped Romanise the remote province and guarded its northern border
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History of War
Heroes of the Medal of Honor: JAMES STOCKDALE
The highest-ranking US POW during the Vietnam War, imprisoned for nearly eight years, this air wing commander was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery and leadership while incarcerated
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History of War
FALKLANDS SHORT HISTORY OF A LONG DISAGREEMENT PART 1: 1485 – 1833
For hundreds of years these South Atlantic islands have been the focus, and sideshow, of trade missions, treaties and conflicts. In this two-part series, former British Army intelligence officer and now historian Nick Van Der Bijl looks at the five centuries preceding the 1982 war
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History of War
ADMIRAL YI SUN- SIN
The Korean military genius who overcame overwhelming odds to grind Japan’s samurai war machine to a halt
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BBC History Magazine
How Britain Became a Cultural Colossus
The secret to the nation's status as a creative superpower lies not in stability and peace but a past dominated by invasion, disruption and war
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May 2022
Philosophy Now
What Is Truth?
Richard Oxenberg on the need for an old paradigm, especially in ethics.
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April/May 2022
Philosophy Now
Robert Nozick's Metaverse Machine
Lorenzo Buscicchi asks, would you plug into Mark Zuckerberg’s virtual world? He finds that the question has been considered by philosophers for decades.
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April/May 2022
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Smart hub Design duo Formafantasma settle into a chic new live/work space in Milan cultural complex Assab One
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April 2022
History of War
MONGOLIAN MIGHT MEETS SAMURAI STEEL
Waves of the Khan’s forces swept across the shogunate’s lands. They were met by Japan’s outmatched yet determined and skilful warrior class
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CLASH OF CULTURES: Q&A WITH JONATHAN CLEMENTS
With the Mongol way of war already a proven conquering force, the invasion of Japan was a clash of two unique warrior societies
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AMERICA'S ZOUAVES
Historian and author Iain MacGregor shares his passion for the brightly uniformed infantrymen who served in the US Civil War, and interrogates some of the myths about their combat role
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BATAAN DEATH MARCH
After Japan conquered the Philippines in WWII, its army inflicted one of the war’s worst atrocities on Allied POWs
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THE REAL TOP GUN
From humble beginnings the US Navy Fighter Weapons School was instrumental in turning the tide of the air war over Vietnam
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History of War
THE DIVINE WIND
With his invasion forces scattered by storms, the Khan planned yet another attempt to conquer Japan
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TIMELINE OF THE...MONGOL INVASIONS OF JAPAN
The Mongol ruler Kublai Khan leads several attacks on the Japanese islands and is met by ferocious resistance
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THE KHAN'S MARCH TO WAR
In the late 13th century, the ruler of the vast Mongol Empire set his sights east in search of new lands to conquer
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PETAIN VERDUN HERO OR VICHY TRAITOR?
Philippe Pétain, Marshal of France and hero of Verdun during WWI, tarnished his reputation beyond redemption as a collaborator with the Nazis during WWII and head of the puppet Vichy government
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Heroes of the Victoria Cross TUL BAHADUR PUN
In June 1944, as Allied forces began re-establishing dominance in Burma, a Gurkha Chindit stormed Japanese positions on a railway bridge to save his comrades, earning him the British Empire’s highest military honour
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ECHOES OF THE PAST
THIS DISTURBING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING STUDY OF MEMORY AND LOSS SHINES A LIGHT ON A DARK CHAPTER IN GREEK HISTORY
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History of War
BENEDICTION
A SOMBRE AND HEART-WRENCHING BIOPIC ABOUT THE TRAUMATISED WORLD WAR I POET SIEGFRIED SASSOON
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BBC History Magazine
William Wilberforce 1759-1833
Former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, chooses
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April 2022
History of War
JAPAN'S ROAD TO WAR
Less than a century after emerging from cultural and economic isolation, Imperial Japan’s expansion led to a confrontation with the nation that had first disturbed its solitude
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THE DEMISE OF BRAVO TWO ZERO
During the 1991 Gulf War, an SAS operation in the Iraqi desert went terribly wrong
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JAMES ALLEN WARD
In July 1941, 13,000ft above the Dutch coastline in a severely damaged Wellington bomber, this New Zealand airman clambered onto his aircraft’s wing to put out a fire and save his comrades
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TURNING THE TIDE - Q&A WITH HISTORIAN JOHN WUKOVITS
Though Imperial Japan began on the front foot in 1941, several critical battles sealed victory for the Allies in 1945
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MUSEUMS & EVENTS
Discover the Imperial War Museum’s new all-day festival, renovations happening to the Scapa Flow Museum, and Chatham Historic Dockyard’s exhibition about the wreck of HMS Invincible
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History of War
FROM PEARL HARBOR TO GUADALCANAL
After the disaster in Hawaii, the US employed an island-hopping strategy in the Pacific, carefully choosing where to strike in order to suffocate Japan’s sprawling occupation of the theatre
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History of War
PLATAEA
2,500 years ago an alliance of a few Greek city-states defeated the invading army of the mighty Persian empire, saving Greece and securing the future of European civilisation
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