Sir Oswald Mosley and the Blackshirts
Sir Oswald and Blackshits of both sexes in 1936 / melbourneblogger.blogspot.com Oswald Ernald Mosley was born in 1896 into a family with a baronetcy. He came from ‘the ruling classes’ and later used [...]
Lilibet – a purely American invention
Five of Carolly’s inventions / o.canada.com Intrigued by the title, ‘Lilibet’, I ordered a hard-bound first edition from my online bookshop Bibliophile (how lost I would be with it). I suppose it is [...]
The War in the Pacific
/ pinterest.com Officially, this war lasted from December 1941, / ww2db.com when the United States entered the Second World War, until 1945. But the Pacific War really started with the Sino-Japanese [...]
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
US armada moving towards Leyte / en.wikipedia.org This little-known sea battle was fought between American and Japanese fleets towards the end of October, 1944. Japanese forces were seeking to stop the US re-conquest [...]
Left, Right, Left, Right
From the Left / paradigmas.mx Mention is made in the media (rather too often) of the magic words Left or Right when the subject is politics.The terms originated as follows: The Left came [...]
The first volume of General-History as a book is out on Amazon
Jeremy Taylor a.k.a Dean Swift at home in Tenerife For those who are interested the first volume of my 3-volume printed version of articles from General-History.com is on Amazon. Just click on Books, [...]
After the Abdication – HRH or not HRH?
/ Britannica.com The popular Prince of Wales who should have become the crowned and annointed Edward VIII (q.v.) gave up his throne because Church and State would not recognise his plan to marry [...]
Charles, the 2nd Earl Grey
/ onelondonone.blogspot.com The second earl was born in 1764, was elected county Member of Parliament for the whole of Northumberland when he was but twenty-two years of age, representing the Whig party dominated [...]
‘Dr.’ Paul J. Goebbels
The Goebbels family / en.wikipedia.org Born into a lower class Rhineland family in 1897, Goebbels was rejected for army service due to a crippled foot condition known as ‘club-foot’. As a child he [...]
W.E. Gladstone, Prime Minister
/ en.wikipedia.org William E. Gladstone lived from 1809 – 98, was Prime Minister four times (1868 – 74, 1880 – 85, 1886, & 1892 – 4). His father was a North Country merchant [...]
The Eighty years War & the Council of Blood
The Duke of Alba / pinternet.net Rebellion, protest and actual war were made against Spain from 1568 to 1648, in seventeen of the provinces in the Low Countries (now Holland and Belgium). The [...]
The Forty-Seven Ronin
Seppuku for the forty-seven / modernimage.com At the beginning of the eighteenth century an incident took place in Japan that rapidly occupied the front pages of world (and worldly) newspapers. Indeed, the happening [...]
The French Republican Calendar
The new nomenclature, lavishly illustrated / hubertlerch.com During the French Revolution (q.v.) the National Convention decided on a sublimely Gallic act to herald the start of a new epoch for France, and, [...]
The Condor Squadron
/condorsquadron.org This formed part of Adolf Hitler’s contribution to the Nationalist or rebel side during the Spanish Civil War (q.v.). The pilots came mostly from the German middle and upper classes, and their [...]
What place is this?
In this quiz our readers are asked to name the place that is the subject of certain quotations. You do not have to name the person who made the quote; just use the Comments section [...]
A brief history of France
Versailles, a possible cause of the Revolution? / britannica.com This is one of the oldest established nations in the world, and probably the most individualistic. All Frenchmen are conscious of the superiority of [...]
Two failed plots: Babeuf and Cato Street
Babeuf / clairdeluttes.org Plotters and plots have been recurrent throughout history. They became famous because of the good fortune that attended them, or the bad luck which dogged them. Queen Cleopatra [...]
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