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Hace 2 días · El eminente historiador y estratega militar Basil Liddel Hart le confesó al político conservador Duncan Sandys, yerno de Winston Churchill, que "nuestro plan de invasión del continente no le ...
Hace 1 día · When his note, now typed up as a memorandum, was shared with Duncan Sandys it quickly reached the Prime Minister and Chiefs of Staff. Sandys also submitted a written statement which stated Liddell Hart had mentioned in conversation the coast of Normandy and possibly the importance of Caen, which was indeed critical to the plan.
Hace 1 día · When MP Duncan Sandys shared his plan to ask Parliament about a shortage of anti-aircraft guns, he was threatened by Attorney General Sir Donald Somervell. Although prosecution under the act was rare, it did happen, especially with the addition of the 1940 Treachery Act that was enacted to protect against espionage during World War II, but it subsequently stayed in effect after the war’s ...
Hace 4 días · Clapham and Brixton Hill, Streatham and Croydon North. Streatham was a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament . In the 2016 EU referendum, Streatham was estimated to have voted to remain in the European Union by 79%. [2] This was the second highest remain vote in the United Kingdom, behind Vauxhall.
Hace 4 días · Bench Grass is a blog about the history of technology by the former student of a student of Lynn White. The main focus is a month-by-month retrospective series, covering the technology news, broadly construed, of seventy years ago, framed by fictional narrators.
Hace 20 horas · 8. Blue cheese. Legend has it that blue cheese was invented by accident when a drunken cheesemaker left a half-eaten loaf of bread in a cheese cave. When he returned, he discovered that the moldy ...
Hace 5 días · Renowned historian, Dr Gavin Hughes is hosting a talk at Newry Museum to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The talk entitled Irish Regiments & 'The Longest Day' is at Newry and Mourne Museum on Thursday 13 June at 2pm. Dr Hughes, Director of Irish Conflict Archaeology Network at Trinity College Dublin, known for his expertise in military history will provide a ...
