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date:
12 Apr 2020
Look back with 60 Second Histories to discover the similarities between the current COVID-19 crisis and the Spanish Flu Pandemic
Today, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves in unprecedented times, with many countries in...
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on nurses during WW1
date:
06 Jul 2019
The WW1 Canadian Trophy Project
Kevin, one of our brilliant team here at 60 Second Histories is a British veteran, but since moving to Canada in April, he's joined the Royal Canadian Legion in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Follow Kevin's progress...
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on types of gas and protection
date:
22 Apr
The Gas Attack at Ypres in World War One
- 22nd April 1915 -
NB: Image shown is of victims of gas in 1918
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned...
date:
25 Mar
The Landings on Gallipoli
- April 25th1915 -
The plan seemed sound enough. With stalemate on the Western Front in the form of trench warfare another ploy was needed. The one put forward was knock Ottoman Turkey out of the war, open up...
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on British soldier's uniform 1914-15
date:
18 Jan
The Paris Peace Conference
- 18thJanuary 1919 -
Two months after the official Armistice on 11th November 1918 the matter of how to settle the outstanding issues was hotly debated in Paris. This conference was to result in the Treaty of...
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