The Late Byzantine Empire
This lesson will take us to the late Byzantine Empire as we learn about the last Byzantine dynasty and the fall of Constantinople.
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Lead up to the Jonestown Massacre
Reading time: 7 minutes
Most people have heard Jonestown Massacre in 1978, when 918 members of the Peoples Temple committed suicide by drinking the proverbial Kool-Aid under instructions of the leader of their cult, Jim Jones. How did Jones get this kind of influence over his followers, though, and why would they even consider suicide?
Earning the Enemy’s Respect: Victoria Cross Recommendations from the Other Side
Reading time: 7 minutes
Many readers will be familiar with the 1964 epic movie Zulu, which depicts the 1879 landmark Battle of Rorke’s Drift in the Anglo-Zulu War. In the film, perhaps the most iconic scene takes place at the end of the movie, whereby the Zulu warriors chant in respectful salutation towards the British soldiers before withdrawing after the battle. Moving, cinematic, and honourable, it’s clear why the scene lives so memorably in the hearts of fans today.
America’s Favourite Fighting Frenchman: Marquis de Lafayette
Reading time: 8 minutes
Hamilton is a smash hit depicting the lives of America’s founding fathers. But, when it comes to Lafayette, it got a few things wrong.
Spark to Powder: Prague and the Thirty Years’ War
Reading time: 6 minutes The 30 Years’ War is remembered by few people except historians, but the...
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New research turns Tasmanian Aboriginal history on its head. The results will help care for the land
Reading time: 5 minutes American farmer and poet Wendell Berry said of the first...
Read MoreIron Making
This lesson will take us to the industrial revolution as we learn about the rising of use of coal and iron making.
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Why Oliver Cromwell may have been Britain’s greatest ever general – new analysis of battle reports
Reading time: 6 minutes
At the age of 43 Cromwell had strapped on his sword for the first time – as a captain of a troop of horses in parliament’s army at the beginning of the English Civil War.
Lieutenant Martin Monti, the Only American Defector to the Waffen-SS
Reading time: 10 minutes
On May 8, 1945, a battered, broken Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied armies which had crashed across its borders, fighting town by town to topple Hitler’s regime. Two days later, one of Germany’s strangest supporters surrendered, too.
How German PoWs staged their greatest World War I escape from a camp now part of a British university
Reading time: 5 minutes
Escape was a romantic ideal rather than a rational expectation. Gunter Pluschow, who escaped from another PoW camp at Donington Hall, in Leicestershire, was the only German to make it home in World War I, largely because he managed to adopt a disguise and stow away on board a cargo ship at Harwich.
TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE: A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE – BOOK REVIEW
Reading time: 2 minutes
A look at Toussaint Louverture: A Revolutionary Life by Philippe Girard
the definitive biography of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, leader of the only successful slave revolt in world history.
Southern African States
This lesson will take us to the Southern African states as we learn about ancient Namibia, Great Zimbabwe and the Kingdom of Madagascar.
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2/1st, 2/2nd and 2/3rd Australian Field Regiments and 2/1st Anti-Tank Regiment
Part of the Australian 6th Division, these field artillery regiments were formed in 1939. They...
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How the Australian Secret Service Helped Overthrow the Chilean Government
HOW THE AUSTRALIAN SECRET SERVICE HELPED OVERTHROW THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT Reading time: 8 minutes...
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ON THIS DAY SHE: PUTTING WOMEN BACK INTO HISTORY, ONE DAY AT A TIME – BOOK REVIEW
Reading time: 2 minutes
From Beyoncé to Doria Shafik, Queen Elizabeth I to Lillian Bilocca, On This Day She sets out to redress this imbalance and give voice to both those already deemed female icons, alongside others whom the history books have failed to include: the good, the bad and everything in between – this is a record of human existence at its most authentic.
How Eleanor Roosevelt reshaped the role of First Lady and became a feminist icon
Reading time: 5 minutes “Well-behaved women seldom make history” is a phrase frequently trotted...
Read MoreNapoleon’s Defeat
In this lesson we will be learning about the final battles of Napoleon that led to his defeat and abdication.
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Blood and Pepper: The Aceh Wars
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes The history of the Dutch East Indies is a blood-soaked tale of...
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Four of the most lethal infectious diseases of our time and how we’re overcoming them
Reading time: 10 minutes In 2013, the World Health Organisation declared antibiotic...
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