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Leon Trotsky described war as “the locomotive of history”, a statement which seems very much to apply to the Russian period 1855-1964, during which war was an influence on almost every aspect of society a...

The Second World War broke out in September 1939 following Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland. Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany were allies, and had been since the Pact of Steel in May 1939. As a result, Ita...

The British government were finding it increasingly difficult to deal with the type of warfare the Irish were engaging in, (guerrilla warfare) as in their eyes the IRA was just a small "murder gang.&...

First, I would outline the political causes of the Norman Conquest; that Edward the Confessor died with no direct male heir and so multiple claimants arose to contest the succession. These included the gr...

When tackling a question which asks you why a historical process or event occurred, the first thing to remember is that any answer you give must approach the question from a variety of different angles; n...