Unlike other European countries, Britain had always relied on volunteers to fight in times of war. Conscription had been introduced in 1916 when more men were needed to fight in the trenches, but it was abandoned when the war ended. During the 1930s some men still chose to enter the armed...
Following this was a period of tension between the two sides known as the Phoney War Period. During this period, the UK and the French equipped their army in readiness for a long period of war as Hitler completed his conquest of Poland. Dutch Neutrality In the meantime, the Netherlands unde...
In 1923, Adolf Hitler attempted a coup called the “Beer Hall Putsch.” He enlisted the help of World War I General Erich Ludendorff for this endeavor. The Nazi Party took inspiration from Italian Fascism, particularly Benito Mussolini’s successful “March on Rome” in 1922. Hitler aimed to ...
Story about this misheard lyric by:CS I always hear the song at work and between thinking "Yeah we don't like it" instead of Sheriff don't like it, the ending bit truly threw me for ages. I couldn't believe they were saying that but it turns out they weren't. ...