In the early 1960s, Michael Caine was regularly playing small character parts in television dramas and British movies. With his cockney accent
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The reasons Britain and the United States went to war in 1812 are diverse. Indeed, different factions within each country had different
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Most people are familiar with the tumultuous events of England in 1066, but how much do you know about ‘the other Norman
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Tickets to English Heritage's re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings this weekend are sold out, but here are 10 alternative ways to
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Who? The one next to Lenin? Well, he was. Until Joseph Stalin had him erased from the photograph (below). But, despite Stalin’s
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One of the key questions often asked about Leni Riefenstahl is was she Hitler’s lover? Rumours of an affair were common at
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Henry's conduct of the battle was routine: he formed his line in conformity with established English practice, and his tactics were those
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This massive foreign involvement lends credibility to the claim of Manuel Chaves Nogales, a leading Spanish journalit in Madrid during the siege,
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MHM looks at the innovative designs in military sidecars since 1914, including the Scott Mobile Machine Gun, and the Watsonian Sidecar
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MHM looks at some of the most formidable and fascinating Vikings. 5. Erik the Red Hot-headed Erik the Red made murder his business.
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