The 'good' Churchill
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few", the famous line by Churchill marked one of the definining moments in 1940.
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The Things We Forgot To Remember - The Battle of Britain
A look at the pivotal moments of the Second World War, from the BBC/OU series 'The Things We Forgot to Remember'
Read nowThe Things We Forgot To Remember - The Battle of BritainLevel: 1 Introductory
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The Battles of Britain - Transcript
In this edition of The Things We Forgot To Remember, Michael Portillo discovered that The Battle of Britain wasn't the only significant turning point in the Second World War.
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The 'bad' Churchill
1943, as then a British possession, India suffered a disastrous famine in the north-eastern region of Bengal. At least three million people are believed to have died - and Churchill's actions, or lack thereof, have been the subject of criticism.
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The legacy of Empire: The Bengal Famine
Does the Bengal Famine shape the way Indians view the British?
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Listen to: The Bengal Famine
A massive humanitarian tragedy - but one which barely gets remembered just sixty years on. Listen to The Things We Forgot To Remember on the Bengal Famine.
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The British
How did Britain see Churchill and what he represented, and how did Churchill view Britain?
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A Tale of Two Funerals: Shifting Britishness
How has British national identity changed over the last forty years?
Read nowA Tale of Two Funerals: Shifting BritishnessLevel: 2 Intermediate
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An Island Race?
"Are people who live on islands different in some significant way from those who inhabit the 'mainland'?" asks Nigel Clark
Read nowAn Island Race?Level: 1 Introductory
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