Third Reich in 3D

Yes believe it or not, long before there was Avatar there was 3D film and it was the Third Reich that were ahead of the game in producing it, unspurprising, as Germany invented colour film as well, among other cinematic innovations in the 1930s. For the full story click here.

Kings Monkton Pupils History Pages

Here is a new site for Kings Monkton History Pupils at www. radiowaves.co.uk, it has entries from years 9 and 10 and we'll add to it as the year commences.

A history of ideas

Ladies and Gentlemen, the brilliant documentary maker Adam Curtis and his ground breaking 1992 Documentary Pandora's Box. These are films that prove to us, as if more proof were necessary, that 20th Century man was a very confused creature indeed.
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Read this on Nicholas II

Here's an article I recently wrote on Nicholas II

Check out my genius

I wrote this for the history times on the Soviet- Polish War of 1920, a brilliant piece of analysis even if I do say so myself.

Why did America have a tough time with the Vietminh?

Here is na excellent article that spells out the difficulties that America had in trying to defeat the Vietminh. They knew nothing of the history of struggle in Vietnam that had resulted from a millenia of resistance to Chinese occupation. The Vietnamese had fought off everyone from European settlers to Genghis Khan himself, they would be very difficult to defeat militarily, but harder still to break the morale of the nation.

Read here for more

Real Voices Of WWII

Here is a link to a sneak preview of a documentary called No Bridge Too Far, a story of the Engineer Corps of the US Army during the war who served in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany. It features the voices of veteransm now in their 80's and is a great source of primary information.