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Why is Chatham High-street both futuristic and riddled with the past? Why was it a magnet for historical figures such as King John, Charles II, Nelson...
After endeavouring to wreak their revenge on Serbia, what would be the greatest hammer blow to the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War?...
While the Western front was raging following the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, what was unfolding on the Eastern Front? Why was it an even...
What happened at the crucial, bloody, Battle of Ypres in October 1914? How did the battle come about? Why did the Germans and the British fight each o...
What extraordinary events saw the French - already on the brink of defeat - take on the formerly formidable German army in a remarkable counter-offens...
What was Britain's first military move following the outbreak of the First World War? Where did the French launch their initial attack on the Germans?...
Following the declaration of war in 1914, how did the outbreak of the First World War unfold? What were the earliest military engagements of this terr...
Why did two men - John Heenan and and Tom Sayers - illegally meet in a field in Hampshire, in 1860, to brutally fight one another, captivating Britain...
How and when was football invented, and what are the origins of football clubs? What is the connection between public hangings, highwaymen, and early...
How was President Abraham Lincoln murdered on Good Friday 1865, at Ford’s Theatre, just five days after Robert E. Lee’s surrender? Who was John Wilkes...
After passing the 13th amendment, in the closing weeks of the brutal American Civil War, what did president Abraham Lincoln - recently re-elected - do...
