The 1904 Dogger Bank Incident, where the Russian Navy mistakenly attacked British trawlers, led to an international crisis and exposed the dangers of military paranoia.
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Myths & Legends
Finding King Arthur: Ambrosius Aurelianus and the Man Behind the Myth
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenKing Arthur, as we picture him, never existed. His character and his setting are 12th…
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Archaeology
The Bodies of Stonehenge: Britain’s Largest Ancient Cemetery?
by Kurt Readmanby Kurt ReadmanStonehenge is a monument from the prehistoric era found on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire,…
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Horatio Nelson is almost certainly the most famous sailor from the British Isles, if not…
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A monarch is doing extraordinarily well if they can get through their entire reign without…
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History
The Haitian Revolution: How Did an Enslaved Island Defeat Two Empires?
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriThe Haitian Revolution has been described as the largest and most successful slave revolt in…
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World War I, or the “Great War,” was one of the first global conflicts that…
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The Christmas truce has become one of the most mythologized and romanticized memories of the…
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The legend of King Arthur is a source of deep frustration for modern historians, many…
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War is a white-hot crucible for inventiveness. With the need to gain an advantage over…