Want a summary of everything important from 1919 up until 1939? Well, look no further. In an attempt to make things interesting, I’ll insert random sarcasm and in an attempt to make things educational, I’ll throw in the odd quote or statistic. Here goes… 1919 – The Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles was a settlement created in [...]

*WARNING - For this post you may require some form of imagination and/or the ability to hear voices inside your head.* So, it’s a Sunday night, and what you want more than anything in  the world is more History revision, right? Erm… Wrong actually. Oh really?! Then why the hell did you click on this, eh? EH?! I thought it [...]

Twihard fans were queueing in bookshops on the 5th June for the release of the spin off to the successful Twilight franchise: ‘The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner.’ However was this worth the wait? Worth the hype? Worth the £11.99 RRP? No. It was not. Admittedly I was not that eager to sink my teeth [...]

Who is Harris, you ask? Arthur Harris, born April 13th 1892, (not that that’s important), was the guy who paved the way for real bombing offensives on German land. In 1942 up until 1945, when the British Cabinet agreed to allow bombing on German soil, Harris was the dude faced with implementing Churchill’s policy of force [...]

You want more nerdiness? Oh come on, you know you do. So, the Norwegian Campaign. It took place from April until June 1940. Basically, Germany planned an invasion of Norway to conquer her and retrieve valuable iron ore resources for use in the war. Britain, who had declared war the previous year in 1939 were liable to [...]

What’s that? you ask. Well, long story short, the ‘Phoney War’ was given its name because of the period of nothingness it represented during the war. As you’ll probably know, ‘phoney’ means ’something that is not genuine’ or ‘fake’. Pretty much like the entirety of Heidi Montag’s face. So, when Britain declared war on Germany and the [...]