Simon de Montfort’s 1265 Parliament
...the Great Seal across their closure), the document on which they were enrolled is called a Close Roll. It is essentially central government’s file copy of the letters that it...
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Air-raid casualties in the First World War
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Edgar Jones, Posted on:
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Defence and conflict, First World War, No 10 guest historian series
...targets more difficult to find in the dark, from September 1917 street lights in central London were turned off and the distinctively shaped lake in St James’s Park, which served...
The Battle of Amiens
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Tara Finn, Posted on:
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First World War, Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians
...civilian population. For the Central Powers, there was no hope of a powerful, previously uncommitted ally joining their side with fresh supplies of men and materiel equivalent to the United...
What’s the context? 30 September 1938: The Munich Agreement
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...which Hitler made and broke successive promises and agreements in his bid to dominate central and eastern Europe, while the British government pursued a policy of neither saying it would,...
What’s the context? 8 May 1945: VE Day, the end of the war in Europe
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...central and eastern Europe by Soviet forces posed questions for the future. While commemorating a day of victory, it is worth remembering its wider context. War in Asia War...
What’s the context? 31 March 1939: the British guarantee to Poland
...appeared a bitter betrayal of the Republican cause, as well as appeasing a pro-Nazi dictator. The League of Nations had proved powerless, and when German forces moved into Czechoslovakia on...
From Caution to Celebration: The NHS at 70
...best way to address gaps in the previous system and provide free healthcare to all. Activists and doctors had promoted these ideas in various guises since at least the Edwardian...
Lord Carrington: an appreciation
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What was happening between the armistice and the opening of the Paris peace talks?
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Tara Finn, Posted on:
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...the Peace Conference of Paris, volume 1. if you are interested in our work then feel free to read our blogs on GOV.UK keep tabs on the past. Sign up...
The woman in green who won the Khaki election
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