This Week In History
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05 Jul
Churchill’s Crushing Election Defeat
- 5thJuly 1945 -
The Second World War shook up society to its core. Scholars have spent their entire lives attempting to uncover its political, cultural and social ramifications. The United Kingdom’s 1945...
date:
14 Nov
The Coventry Blitz
- 14th/15th November 1940 -
The bombings of British cities in 1940 was a way used the Nazis to undermine morale in Britain. The country already stood alone, there were many who questioned whether the war could be won and...
date:
26 Jun
Queen Victoria awards the First Victoria Crosses
- 26th June 1857 -
There are occasions when the written press makes valuable contributions to British life. William Howard Russell, of The Times, was one such member. The Crimean War was...
date:
24 Mar
The Escape from Stalag Luft III
- 24th March 1944 -
Depicted in the film The Great Escape, the attempt by 200 men to free themselves from a German prison, for Air Officers, in the middle of a forest in Upper Silesia, has gone down in legend....
date:
24 Jan
The Death of Sir Winston Churchill
- 24th January 1965 -
Having suffered a stroke on 15th January, Winston Churchill lay dying in a downstairs bedroom in his house in Hyde Park Gate, Kensington. His doctor, Lord Moran, gave daily bulletins on...
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