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HISTORIC BATTLE: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Though not born until the decade following the war, I had what the (mostly very young) fliers did for Britain sufficiently impressed upon me to sometimes be conscious of it when I rode my bike along the, by then, disused aerodrome between Oxford and Grove. And it was certainly always remembered and valued by those […]
HISTORIC BATTLE: BATTLE OF THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM
The world’s first global war (the Seven Years War, 1756–63) was fought in North America, Europe, and India, and came about because both France and Great Britain wanted to be top dog. Eventually, it was Britannia that came to rule the waves (and a lot more, too), and the Battle of the Plains Of Abraham […]
HISTORIC BATTLE: BATTLE OF AGINCOURT
Today is St. Crispin’s Day, and on St. Crispin’s Day, 1415, the English won a major victory in its ongoing war with France. (The one called the Hundred Years War, even though it actually lasted, on and off, for one hundred and sixteen years.) Why were they fighting – this time? Well, in 1414, England’s […]
HISTORIC FAILURE: SPANISH ARMADA TRIES TO INVADE ENGLAND
In July, 1588, one hundred and thirty warships, twenty-two of them fearsome fighting galleons, set sail from Spain, bent on invading England. They’d tried to do that back in the spring, but had to return to port after a bad storm damaged several ships. They should have taken that as an omen, because the July […]
Time Travelling With Kids 