British History

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2009-11-18 European History - Russian Nationalism:

All I have time for is a recycled answer from questions previously asked. It should serve your purposes, although to tell the truth I barely had time to read it QUESTION: Hi, I'm writing about my final

2009-11-18 European History - nationalism:

I was hoping to dodge this question by referring you to past writings on the subject. I was sorry to see that the site only retains answers back to c. 2003. Seems like a long time, but I know I've written

2009-11-14 British History - history of development of the english language.:

Hello Farton In the 1980s the dialect of English spoken in the south-east of England, known as Estuary English, became regarded as the "true" English dialect. It's not officially accepted as such, but

2009-11-13 British History - family tree:

Hello Carol. I've never heard of any family connection between Queen Victoria and Alexander Fleming. It's feasible that if you could trace both their family trees back far enough you would find a link

2009-11-11 European History - When did America get involved in WWII:

I don't consider myself and expert on WWII or on American history, but I can tell you that American popular sympathy was overwhelmingly on the side of Britain and France in the years prior to US entrance