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A cover from a 1905 edition of Puck magazine showing a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941). The cartoon is suggesting the German monarch's interest in Morocco in North Africa, epitomised in the Moroccan Crises of 1905-6 and 1911...

An illustration by Adalbert von Rössler of the delegates at the Berlin Conference 1884-5 which set some of the ground rules for the Scramble for Africa. From the German publication Über Land und Meer.

An 1898 French magazine cover showing Jean-Baptiste Marchand, who led an expedition to Fashoda in Sudan to claim it for France. This episode during the Scramble for Africa created the Fashoda Incident when France and Britain almost went to...

A photograph showing the arrival of the Anglo-Egyptian force led by General Herbert Kitchener at Fashoda in the Sudan. This was during the Fashoda Incident of 1898 when France and Britain almost went to war over their competing claims for...

A cartoon by J.M. Staniforth of the Fashoda Incident of 1898 when France and Britain almost went to war over their competing claims for control of the Upper Nile.

The War of 1812 remains one of the most obscure major conflicts in US history, often overshadowed by the monumentous events that came before and after. Indeed, when it is remembered at all, it is often as a minor spat between the United States...

Colonial Policies in Soviet Ukraine: Stalin, Hitler, and the 'Traitor Nations' How did Stalin and Hitler use repression, forced labour, and ethnic cleansing to reshape Ukraine and its peoples during World War II? This lecture explores...

The First Anglo-Boer War (1880-1881) emerged from growing tensions following the British annexation of the South African Republic (Transvaal) in 1877 during the reign of Victoria (reign 1837-1901). The conflict reflected broader themes of...

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As the title suggests, Caroline Elkins's book tells the history of what historians call the “second British Empire” - the imperial developments that took shape after the disastrous loss of the rebellious American colonies in 1783 - through...