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Alex Churchill’s HistoryStack

TV Presenter/Historian (FRHistS). MRes. That makes me sound like an adult. Which is a lie. I guess, come for those credentials, stay for the sarcastic, sweary version of history? 20th Century Military, royals, older wars boats and other rabbit holes.

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ARTICLE: The Man With the Iron Jaw, 1915

Today I wanted to introduce to a French WW1 hero who overcame hideous injuries sustained on the Western Front.

Jun 23 • Alex Churchill

ARTICLE: The State of the French Air Force, 1940

Today I’m rounding off what I started on Tuesday with General d’Astier’s defence of the French Air Force in 1940 and his thoughts about war-readiness.

Jun 19 • Alex Churchill

ARTICLE: The French Air Force and the Fall of France, 1940

Sometimes I think it’s my job to tell you a story, but given my obsession with banging on about the French I think there are also occasions when it’s my…

Jun 16 • Alex Churchill

ARTICLE: A Scourge on France: The Origins of the Milice

ARTICLE: Choreographing the Battle of Britain

ARTICLE: The War That (Thankfully) Never Was

ARTICLE: A Polish Hero, Normandy 1944

ARTICLE: Witches, Ghosts, and WW1 Brothels

I had fun with this a couple of weeks ago, and so here are a couple more instances of French people behaving badly.

Jun 5 • Alex Churchill

ARTICLE: Four Days in Strasbourg, 1870

It’s been a while, so today I thought I would go back to the Franco-Prussian war and have a look at a snapshot of unfolding disaster.

Jun 2 • Alex Churchill

ARTICLE: Kitchener Arrives at the War Office, 1914

When we wrote Ring of Fire, we committed to producing a history of the opening weeks of the war from the bottom up.

May 29 • Alex Churchill

ARTICLE: Blowing up 16 Locomotives, 1944

Over the next couple of weeks I’m going to be revealing what happened when I spent a morning in a French village full of bookshops.

May 27 • Alex Churchill

ARTICLE: True Crime in Calvados, 1920

Anyone that lives under the preconception that all French people are a model of sophistication and culture, hold my drink.