“Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” Sir Winston Churchill (1874 to 1965) Conservative Prime Minister twice: from 1940 to 1945… Read More
“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” Sir Winston Churchill (1874 to 1965) Conservative Prime Minister twice: from 1940 to 1945 (before being defeated in the 1945 general election by the Labour leader Clement Attlee) and from 1951 to 1955. A soldier (joined the Royal Cavalry in 1895) and part-time journalist… Read More
Research Paper Title Arming the Home Guard, 1940-1944. Abstract The Second World War saw British society mobilised to an unprecedented extent to meet the threat of Total War. ‘Total Defence’ was manifest in organisations such as the ARP and Home Guard. What sets the Home Guard apart was its combatant role. This thesis examines the… Read More
“This is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time.” Neville Chamberlain (1869 to 1940) As Minister of Health, he introduced the Local Government Act of 1929 reforming the Poor Law, effectively laying the foundations of… Read More
“However much we may sympathise with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbour, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account. If we have to fight it must be on larger issues than that…” Neville Chamberlain (1869 to 1940) Talking as… Read More
Did you known that “For every US soldier killed in World Wars I and II, there were 1.7 soldiers wounded. In Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, for every US soldier killed, seven are wounded.” Wounded Warrior Project, 2017). Reference Wounded Warrior Project (2017) Who We Serve. Available from World Wide Web: https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/mission/who-we-serve. [Access: 19… Read More
Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Prime Minister, wants to end questions about the legality (or otherwise) and appropriate use of Japan’s not-quite army, the Self-Defence Forces (SDF), by amending Article 9, the constitution’s iconic pacifist clause. Japan’s, war-renouncing, constitution is on display at the National Archives in Tokyo, and was written by an occupying (US) army in 1946. This clause prohibits Japan from maintaining land,… Read More
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