...national identity; South America was home to the indigenous; the slave; and the Spaniard. The Viceroyalties of New Spain; New Granada, including Central America; Viceroyalty of Peru, including Chile; and...
...of State Byrnes: ‘It is quite clear that the United States do not at the present time desire Russian participation in the war against Japan.’3 Why were they dropped on...
...the Berlin Wall, the most potent symbol of the Cold War, opened. A new volume in the series Documents on British Policy Overseas (DBPO) charts the events of this historic...
...alive at the time remember where we were and what we were doing when we heard the news. Personally, I was in a cinema in London watching the newly-released West...
...the British Empire in Asia came under increasing pressure from its erstwhile allies the United States and Japan. In June 1921, the British Admiralty responded by planning a new naval...
On 5th July 1948 the National Health Service was established in the United Kingdom. Britain was the first western country to offer free at the point of use medical care...
...British Empire fell into two distinct parts: the self-governing Dominions - Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, and those colonies that were wholly or partly governed from London, including...
...the 2 great dangers of "war and tyranny", Churchill praised the United States, with which the British Commonwealth and Empire had a "special relationship", as standing "at the pinnacle of...
...tallest building. It was also seen as a symbolising a new, exciting technological revolution and a new spirit of optimism, and it successfully captured the public imagination. In the words...
...1 April 1894, but retired on 20 May 1894, without taking up his new position. Further records of the Hertslet family can be found throughout archives in the United Kingdom....