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Author: Aaron Potter

Time Travel WWI 

The strategic importance of railways on the eve of WWI

January 22, 2016 Aaron Potter britain, Germany, railway, Russia, trains, wwi

In terms of Strategy it cannot be understated just how important the development of Railways were for the great powers

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The Victorians Time Travel 

Combating Juvenile Crime in Victorian Britain

December 8, 2015 Aaron Potter 19th, century, class, crime, delinquency, juvenile, law, victorian

Throughout the entire duration of the 19th century, juvenile crime in Britain had become more and more a cause for

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Time Travel WWII 

America’s abandonment of Isolationism (1936-1941)

November 19, 2015November 20, 2015 Aaron Potter hoover, isolationism, pearl harbour, roosevelt, USA, wwii

Following the conclusion of the First World War in 1918 and with the onset of the Great Depression, most nations

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Time Travel WWII 

ULTRA and the Coventry Blitz

November 4, 2015 Aaron Potter 1940, Blitz, churchill, Coventry, Moonlight Sonata, ULTRA

On the night of 14th Nov 1940, during the height of the British Blitz, the City of Coventry succumbed to

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The Cold War Time Travel 

Mikhail Gorbachev (USSR) – (1931-Present)

October 28, 2015 Aaron Potter glasnost, Gorbachev, perestroika, USSR, Yeltin

Mikhail Gorbachev was born on 2 March 1931 in the Southern region of Russia, studying law at Moscow state university

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The Cold War Time Travel 

Ronald Reagan (USA) – (1911-2004)

October 24, 2015 Aaron Potter containment, detente, fall of the berlin wall, ronald reagan

Even before his presidency, Ronald Reagan felt that the continuing policies of containment and detente were not doing enough to

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The Cold War Time Travel 

John F. Kennedy (USA) – (1917-1963)

October 23, 2015June 13, 2017 Aaron Potter cold war, cuban missile crisis, flexible response, John F. Kennedy

By the time President John F. Kennedy (JFK) came into office in 1961, the fight against communist aggression was still

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The Cold War Time Travel 

Nikita Khrushchev (USSR) – (1894-1971)

October 21, 2015June 13, 2017 Aaron Potter Nikita Khrushchev (USSR)

Since 1947, Nikita Khrushchev had played an important role in Soviet politics, with Stalin placing him as the head of

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The Cold War Time Travel 

Joseph Stalin (USSR) – Cold war – (1878-1953)

October 21, 2015October 22, 2015 Aaron Potter cold war, Joseph Stalin (USSR)

In the aftermath following the Second World War, Stalin’s main aims for the Soviet Union were to rebuild the damages

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The Cold War Time Travel 

Harry S. Truman (USA) – (1884-1972)

October 21, 2015October 22, 2015 Aaron Potter Harry S. Truman (USA)

Ushering in the success of defeating Germany in WWII, Harry S. Truman served for two full terms as president between

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