Richard Stengel, writing in Time magazine in 2001, stated that “every conflict has its signature medium”, by which he meant that war and communications technology
Category: Recent History
Sexual policy in the Third Reich
Contributed by Fiona Barker This excellent dissertation on a much-debated aspect of German history was awarded a First in 2009 by York St. John University
The Free French air force in York
Contributed by Josh McKeown The dissertation French Flyers in York by Josh McKeown (available for free here) examines the history of two Free French heavy
The sinking of the Iolaire
Contributed by Mrs Fiona Baird At 1.50 a.m. on January 1st 1919, His Majesty’s Yacht Iolaire ran aground on the rocks known as the
The British General Election of 1918
On Saturday December 14th 1918, voters in Britain took part in the first General Election since December 1910 and the first since the Great War
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