Tag: WWII

• Elizabeth II: Before She Was Queen

  

  On Thursday 8th September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth died. She was Britain’s longest-lived and longest-reigning monarch, and the longest serving female head of state in the world. As a Brit and a historian with an interest and knowledge of royal history, it felt only fitting to write something about…

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  September 11, 2022

  Royal People, Women’s History

  British History, British Royal Family, Elizabeth II, English History, history, Monarchy, Princess Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Family, Royal Weddings, Second World War, Women’s History, WWII

• A Brief Moment of History: The WWII Submarine Reindeer

  

  If you were asked to think of the year 1941 in European history, you would probably be picturing the midst of the Second World War, with images of the Blitz, the front line, and soldiers. What you are most likely not picturing is a reindeer living on a submarine. But this was in fact the…

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  May 11, 2022

  A Brief Moment of History, Seafaring History

  20th Century, British History, English History, European History, history, Naval History, Navy, Reindeer, Russia, Second World War, Soviet Union, Submarines, World War II, WWII