The German Empire seized most of the strategic naval stations of the British Empire, allegedly to prevent a world crisis, but it soon became clear as most of the Empire plunged into rebellion and civil war that the British could not ensure order and the German presence became a permanent occu...
European demand for tobacco during the first fifty years of Glasgow–Virginian trade was a major factor in the tenfold growth in the purchase of Africans in British North America. By 1750, more people were enslaved on the Chesapeake than anywhere else in continental North America.[ix] Material ...
and forestry became the city's major industries. Prince Rupert was considered the Halibut Capital of the World from the opening of the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage plant in 1912 until the early 1980s. A long-standing dispute over fishing rights in the Dixon Entrance to the Hecate Strait (pr...
seven wives, 10 children and girlfriends of the 30 servicemen who have so far died on the battlefields of Iraq face a possible future of poverty and homelessness.The wife of a British Army sergeant killed in Iraq can expect a lump sum of just pounds 38,000 from her husband's pension. ...
British Battalion, Major Attlee Company On 13th February, 1937, Tom Winteringham was hit in the thigh while trying to organise a bayonet charge. Jock Cunningham replaced him as commander.On 8th May, 1937, Cunningham reported to Harry Pollitt: "I am pleased to say that everything is showing ...
The Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), the premier British Army officer training establishment, a Major General (OF-7), became (jointly) the Director of Leadership.In 2016, the Leadership Doctrine wa...
To fund this elopement, the Prince borrowed £10 (around £600 today) from an army colleague and sent half of it to Hildesheim. In a further sign of his immaturity (or infatuation), the Prince did not consider how or where the pair would be married when they reached the French ...
Likewise, the royal nursery was to have a complete overhaul before the baby’s arrival and Major Smith was asked to begin the search for a suitable military colleague of good standing to serve as Head of the Prince of Wales’ Household from the very start. One thing was certain; this ...
In 1311 AD, another major wave of African exploration to the New World was led by King Abubakari II, the ruler of the fourteenth century Mali Empire, which was larger than the Holy Roman Empire. The king sent out 200 ships of men, and 200 ships of trade material, crops, animals, clot...
Whilst we were silently downing our second beers Dr Duluth and a major in the uniform of the Military Police walked in. I put my beer can down and made to stand up but Jim put his hand on my arm. Dr Duluth came straight to the point: `Tell us what happened.' I told him and ...