Course: British Germanophobia During WW1: 'The Enemy at Home'

After centuries of relying on the Royal Navy for its security, the most important change in how Britain fought the war was the decision by the Secretary of State for …

We can explore the experience of Germanophobia in wartime Britain through the personal stories of the Hohenrein family. George Hohenrein moved to Hull from Germany in 1848, took British citizenship, …

The war at sea affected civilians in important and notorious ways. The Royal Navy imposed a blockade on Germany which aimed to cut off not just military supplies but also …

At the turn of the twentieth century, Britain was by far the most powerful country in the world. In an age of imperialism, of conquest and plunder, the British empire …

After weeks of tensions following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, the trigger for Britain’s declaration of war on 4 August 1914 was Germany’s …

Beyond the media, popular culture reveals a lot about what people were preoccupied with, even if the books or music etc were not of great artistic merit. In Edwardian Britain, …