The Peculiar Nature of Occupation in Western and Central Europe The relationship between occupiers and occupied in Western and Northern […]
The Turning Tide: 1942 as the Pivotal Year The summer and autumn of 1942 marked the zenith of Nazi Germany’s […]
The Fragmented Alliance: Origins of Nazi Germany’s Coalition The alliance system of Nazi Germany during World War II was neither […]
The Gathering Storm: Europe on the Brink of Invasion On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the largest […]
The Illusion of Peace: Europe’s False Security In September 1939, Europe witnessed the tragic fall of Poland, followed by an […]
The Illusion of Inevitability: Europe’s Initial Acceptance of Nazi Dominance When Germany launched its blitzkrieg across Europe in September 1939, […]
The Fragile Ideal of Civilized Occupation Military occupation throughout European history presents a paradox between theoretical legal frameworks and brutal […]
The Zenith of Imperial Confidence In 1913, London stood as the undisputed capital of the world’s largest empire, a sprawling […]
A Nation Transformed: Japan’s Rise as a Naval Power On November 10, 1913, the Imperial Japanese Navy staged its most […]
A City of Trees and Yellow Roofs When French Catholic bishop Alphonse Favier stood atop Beijing’s walls in the late […]
A City of Three Names and Twenty-Six Centuries In 1913, the ancient metropolis straddling the Bosporus – known to Greeks […]
The Dawn of a New World Order The year 1913 marked a pivotal moment in global history, as articulated by […]
The Birth of a Colossus: Persia’s Ancient Foundations Two millennia ago, Persia—modern-day Iran—stood as one of history’s most formidable empires, […]
The Historical Backdrop of British India By 1912, British India stood as the crown jewel of the British Empire, a […]
The Legal Fiction of an “Indivisible” France In 1913, a Frenchman might proudly declare that the southernmost point of the […]
The Rise of an Economic Powerhouse In the early 20th century, Argentina stood at the brink of global economic supremacy, […]
The Dawn of Imperial Pageantry In May 1913, the city of Winnipeg, Canada, buzzed with preparations for the grand “Empire […]
The Zenith of Empire: A World Mapped and Mastered By May 1913, the British Empire stretched across continents, its influence […]
The Fluid Borderlands: Where Nations Blur The line separating the United States and Mexico in the early 20th century existed […]
The Dawn of California’s Petroleum Age In the early 20th century, as Henry Ford’s Model T revolutionized American transportation, another […]
The Birth of a Motor City: Detroit’s Industrial Ascent By 1913, Detroit was a city on the move. With a […]
The Crossroads of American Identity In 1913, New York stood at a pivotal moment in American history, embodying both the […]
