From the Malayan campaign to the tense final days of Japanese rule in Singapore, the career of Lt Col “Fitz” Fitzpatrick, preserved in family papers, brings to light wartime stories of the Indian Army and the final years of the Raj.
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30 Commando and The Wizard War
During the race for wartime technology, Ian Fleming’s 30 Commando led Britain’s hunt for enemy intelligence as the Allied invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy gathered pace.
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Ibsen’s Ghosts at the Questors Theatre – A Review
A dark and emotionally charged production of Ghosts at the Questors Theatre.
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The Two Hundred Years War and the Shaping of Our World, by Michael Livingston
What we label the Hundred Years War is an example of modern periodisation, clouding the forces at play in the Anglo-French conflicts of the Medieval period. Reframing the conflict over two centuries uncover how such European rivalries prompted the era of global exploration that followed.
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What is the Blood Price?
The novelist's latest is a departure from the Norman invasion, but what's the story behind it?
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Alexander the Great in the Dock
Classics for All’s latest 'moot trial' brought history’s greatest commander to the Supreme Court.
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Hadrian’s Wall: Strategic Masterpiece or Monumental Folly?
Was Hadrian's Wall built to keep out barbarians, or rather to demonstrate the power of Rome?
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Unionism & The Treaty
Ulster leader James Craig thought he had beaten Lloyd George during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations.
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Lighting Up Lichfield
At Lichfield in Staffordshire, Prince Rupert met with Parliamentary resistance. Did a letter from Charles I prevent a massacre?
The Yasukuni Shrine
The Yasukuni Shrine is the commemoration of Japanese war dead, a controversial monument that is hated by Japan's neighbours.
Conspiracy Theory: Who ordered the hit on Franz Ferdinand?
Was the assassination sanctioned by the Serbian Secret Service?
What is the Blood Price?
Paul Bernardi
The novelist's latest is a departure from the Norman invasion, but what's the story behind it?
How Modernity Erupted from a Volcano
Natural phenomena have profound impacts on society, as we have discovered in the last two years.
Hidden in Plain Sight
The argument that the Reformation 'saved' England should be challenged, and it already has been.
A Very Dickensian Christmas
Sarah Roller
History Hit's History Editor gives the lowdown on A Christmas Carol & the Dickens Museum.
The new Military History Club Needs You!
A new club has been established by the renowned historian, Saul David.
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