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Afghanistan Under NATO Control 2006
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Afghanistan Under NATO Control 2006
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As part of the occupation and reconstruction effort following the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, various NATO forces assumed command of regional centres across Afghanistan from 2003. These forces were provided by numerous NATO countries and were tasked with ensuring security and assisting the general day-to-day functions of the... More
Allied Occupation Zones of Germany May 1945
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Allied Occupation Zones of Germany May 1945
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After consideration of numerous proposals for the division of Germany between the major Allied countries, the eventual terms of partition were agreed to at the Potsdam Conference in July and August 1945. The agreement followed plans that were originally outlined at the Yalta Conference in February 1945. The Allies established... More
Boer Wars 1895–1902
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Boer Wars 1895–1902
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After Britain’s humiliating defeat in the First Boer War (1880–81), Prime Minister Gladstone had been happy to agree the London Convention (1884) guaranteeing the independence of the Boer South African Republic. Discovery of massive gold deposits in Transvaal (1886) rekindled British imperialism. The Jameson Raid (1895) was an attempt to... More
Boroughs founded or later acquired by Monastic Houses
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Boroughs founded or later acquired by Monastic Houses
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The monastic houses were natural magnets for settlements. Their residents tended to be affluent, providing a market for consumer goods and employment for servants, artisans, labourers and farm-hands. Abbeys and priories were inns, hospital, farms and schools, offering many of the basic ingredients needed for nascent urban centres. Clergy usually... More
Burgundian Lands 1363–1477
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Burgundian Lands 1363–1477
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In 1363, John II of France gave his son, Philip the Bold, the duchy of Burgundy. After marrying Margaret of Flanders in 1369, the couple inherited the Confederations of Flanders and Artois in 1383–84. Philip acquired land in the Netherlands, becoming a powerful ruler in his own right, ‘sharing power’... More
Central and South America 1959–94: Ideological Conflicts and Revolutions
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Central and South America 1959–94: Ideological Conflicts and Revolutions
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In 1959, after Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship and made Cuba the first Communist state in the western hemisphere, the US were determined to keep governments sympathetic to communism out of Latin America. The US immediately imposed a trade embargo on Cuba and began assisting in the suppression of... More
Cromwell in Ireland 1649–57
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Cromwell in Ireland 1649–57
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By Cromwell’s Settlement (1652) the proportion of Irish land in Catholic hands fell from 60 to 8 per cent, confined to inland Connacht. Catholics were also banned from towns and public office. The preceding campaign of conquest has become notorious for its brutality. However, other than the massacres that followed... More
Cromwell’s Republic 1653–60
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Cromwell’s Republic 1653–60
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When Cromwell left Ireland in spring 1650, only Scotland remained independent. Fellow Presbyterians, they were presumed allies, whose Covenanter army had captured the Royalist hero Montrose at Carbisdale (1650). Their unexpected declaration for Charles II confounded but did not faze Cromwell; he promptly marched north and routed the Covenanters at... More
Dublin 1170–1542
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Dublin 1170–1542
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Dublin was the capital of the English Lordship of Ireland. Largely ignored by England, Dublin, had, by the 14th century, become a beleaguered enclave, huddled behind its Pale defences and forced to pay tribute to the predatory Irish clans. The Irish were meant to be excluded from the city, confined... More
Easter Rising: The British Recovery 26–28 April 1916
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Easter Rising: The British Recovery 26–28 April 1916
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The British authorities in Dublin were aware a rising was planned for Easter Monday, 1916, under the cover of ‘demonstrations’ planned by the paramilitary Irish Volunteers. Their fears were allayed when Volunteer leader Eoin MacNeill announced the cancellation of the demonstrations, but a faction led by Padraig Pearse, the Irish... More
Elizabethan Ireland
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Elizabethan Ireland
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Henry VIII – atypically – adopted a conciliatory policy of ‘amiable persuasions’ in Ireland, after first executing the rebel ‘Silken Thomas’ Fitzgerald. Elizabeth’s policy, through her Lords Deputy, became more assertive, beginning with the attempted subjugation of Leinster, through ‘plantations’ of settlers. This provoked guerrilla warfare from the displaced clans;... More
English Campaigns in Scotland 1654–1690
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English Campaigns in Scotland 1654–1690
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In 1654 the English Commonwealth under Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell, ran the Scottish parliament. Scottish banditry and Royalist uprisings needed to be suppressed and a programme of citadel and fort building was implemented in 1654. General George Monck became governor and his remit was Scottish compliance with Commonwealth rule (Monck’s... More