The Battle of Greece – Australia’s Textbook Rear-Guard Action
Retreat doesn’t always mean defeat, sometimes it can be a victory to withdraw in good order and deny your enemy a total victory. This is was the outcome for the allied forces in Greece during April 1941, thanks in part to textbook rear-guard actions fought by Australian units, which allowed 50,732 men to escape the grasp of the advancing superior Axis force. But why were Australian units involved in Greece in the first place?
The Medici, Volume 1 – Audiobook
THE MEDICI, VOLUME 1 – AUDIOBOOK By G. F. Young (1846 – 1919) This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise […]
The Medici, Volume 2 -AUDIOBOOK
THE MEDICI, VOLUME 2 – AUDIOBOOK By G. F. Young (1846 – 1919) This work relates the history of the Medici family through three centuries and eleven generations, from its rise […]
First World War Centenary Prose Collection Vol. III – Audiobook
FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY PROSE COLLECTION VOL. III – AUDIOBOOK By Various. This collection of non-fiction and fiction pieces is the third volume commemorating the First World War. The majority […]
The Empresses of Rome – Audiobook
THE EMPRESSES OF ROME – AUDIOBOOK By Joseph Martin McCabe (1867 – 1955) The story of Imperial Rome has been told frequently and impressively in our literature, and few chapters in […]
The Benghazi Handicap and the Siege of Tobruk
The Benghazi handicap is the name Australian soldiers gave to their race to stay ahead of the German Afrika Korps in Libya, 1941. They won the race, but the reward was just to be besieged in the city of Tobruk for 241 days, the longest siege in British military history. In this article, we use the words of veterans themselves to describe these events, and how the Rats of Tobruk experienced the siege.
The Friar Who Faced The Medici of Florence
Girolamo Savonarola, an Italian preacher and reformer, led an interesting life. His ideologies and strong stance on the exploitation of the poor, clerical corruption, and despotic rule made waves in […]
The Beginning of the Middle Ages – Audiobook
THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE AGES – AUDIOBOOK By Richard William Church (1815 – 1890) In 395 A.D. Theodosius, the last ruler of the undivided Roman Empire died. To his young […]
The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 01, The Renaissance – Audiobook
THE CAMBRIDGE MODERN HISTORY, VOLUME 01, THE RENAISSANCE – AUDIOBOOK By Various The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published […]
The Empresses of Constantinople – Audiobook
THE EMPRESSES OF CONSTANTINOPLE – AUDIOBOOK By Joseph Martin McCabe (1867 – 1955) In concluding an earlier volume on the mistresses of the western Roman Empire I observed that, as the […]
The Role of Wood in World History
The destruction of the world’s forests is a major concern in our age. According to the UN about 40 percent of Central America’s forests were destroyed between 1950 and 1980 […]
Remembering the Victory at Bardia
Just over 80 years ago, Australian forces fought their first major battle of World War II. Bardia, a small town on the coast of Libya, some 30 km from the […]
The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 01, The Christian Roman Empire and the Foundation of the Teutonic Kingdoms – Audiobook
THE CAMBRIDGE MEDIEVAL HISTORY, VOLUME 01, THE CHRISTIAN ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEUTONIC KINGDOMS – AUDIOBOOK By John Bagnell Bury (1861 – 1927) Volume 1: The Christian Roman […]
The Battle of Cape Spada: The Australian Navy Proves Its Mettle
The Battle of Cape Spada was a short, violent encounter on the 19th of July, 1940 where the cruiser HMAS Sydney of the Royal Australian Navy sank one Italian cruiser […]
ROME’S AUGUSTUS AND THE ALLURE OF THE STRONGMAN
ROME’S AUGUSTUS AND THE ALLURE OF THE STRONGMAN The Roman emperor Augustus is held up by some as a statesman who brought peace, and as a potential model for the […]
OUT OF ANCIENT MARSHES
Archaeology at the site of the former Pontine Marshes has uncovered a massive but forgotten feat of ancient land reclamation revealing the early determination of the Romans to bend the […]
Cultural diversity – the making of Rome
By Richard Shrubb. The Roman Empire was arguably the most successful empire in history, eclipsing even the British Empire. The core reason for this is the acceptance of the diverse […]
Why the Legions Beat the Phalanx
The societies of ancient Greece and Rome valued brawn as well as brains. Philosophers fulfilled military service and some of the most masterful speeches held in the senate or agora […]
A Brief History of Saint Valentine’s Day
By Michael Vecchio When one hears the word “Valentine”, many things may spring to mind, but the feeling of love is sure to be among them; from greeting cards, chocolates, […]
Fake News, Misinformation and Propaganda Throughout History
By Madison Moulton Fake news has become a popular buzzword. However, the phenomenon is not new. Before the invention of the printing press, and even before the popularisation of ‘objective’ […]
Boudicca revolt: Essex dig reveals ‘evidence of Roman reprisals’
The destruction of a “clearly high status” Iron Age village “may represent reprisals after the Boudiccan revolt”, an archaeologist has said. More than 17 roundhouses were discovered in a defensive […]
The History of Games: Rome 2
By Fergus O’Sullivan. Here at the History Guild we like video games, especially ones with a historical setting. Of course, plenty of games marketed as historically accurate aren’t, especially to […]