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  Baby Boomers and Population Movement in the British Isles 1945–55

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  Baby Boomers and Population Movement in the British Isles 1945–55

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  The Great Smog that enveloped London in December 1952 is variously estimated to have caused 4,000–12,000 deaths. The Smog crystallized a growing British post-war disenchantment with urban living, evident in the shift to the suburbs. Government policy had already endorsed and promoted the shift through the New Towns Act (1946),... More
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  Berlin 13 August 1961–9 November 1989

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  Berlin 13 August 1961–9 November 1989

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  On ‘Barbed Wire Sunday’, 13 August 1961, the German Democratic Republic closed the border into West Berlin and began the construction of the Berlin Wall. Since the end of World War II, East Germany had lost some 3.5 million citizens from defection to West Germany. The exclave of West Berlin... More
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  France and the One Hundred Years’ War 1337–1453

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  France and the One Hundred Years’ War 1337–1453

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  The One Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453) was a bitter struggle between France and England over territory and the French Crown. The English army had notable success at the Battles of Sluys (1340) and Crécy (1346), and at Poitiers (1356) they captured French King John II. The resulting Treaty of Brétigny... More
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  Germans in East Central Europe c. 1900

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  Germans in East Central Europe c. 1900

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  The eastward settlement (Ostsiedlung) by Germans became pronounced in Medieval times, and was often through invitation of local rulers who valued their industry, skills and martial prowess. Colonies in 12th-century Transylvania and Carpathian Galicia originated in this manner, and Catherine the Great solicited the influx of the Volga Germans. The... More