In the early weeks of World War I, the German cruiser SMS Emden, under Korvettenkapitän Karl von Müller, had already ...

Learn about British history, including what the British Empire was and when it ended in this Bitesize KS3 history guide. ... and the region had suffered from famine before British rule, ...

Pt.1 -- The empire beyond the storm, 1770-1776 -- Pt. 2: -- A summary of the series -- Pt. 3: Historiography -- Ireland and the American rebellion -- Mediterranean outposts -- India and the United ...

BIG TERRITORY ADDED TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE; What the Capture of Sokoto, in Central Africa, Means. The Once Great Fulah Empire at an End -- Conquered Region Contains 500,000 Square Miles.

The Truth About Empire promises to be “a shield against the assault on historical truth.” Its authors might do well to visit Col. Pennycuick’s memorial at Camberley before it, too, is toppled.

The next morning, which was clear, cool, and sunny, I was out of my hotel at 7:45 a.m. and, when it opened at 8:00 a.m., in the lobby of the museum dedicated to the Erzurum Congress in July-August ...

“The sun never sets on the British empire.” Variations on the phrase have been used for more than 200 years to describe the scope and power of the nation and its occupied territories.

THE ordinary farm crops on which the supply of food-stuffs depends seem to be produced best in regions where the rainfall varies between 20 and 35 inches per annum. Where the upper limit is ...

Then, in the early 1920s, a recipe leaflet distributed by the British Women's Patriotic League urged cooks to "make your Christmas pudding an 'Empire Pudding'", with ingredients sourced accordingly.

Likewise, historical knowledge about the British Empire isn’t uncertain because of a 2003 popular book written by a historian of finance who didn’t consult the vast literature on the regions ...