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11 Feb 2022: Take a look at Churchill's own judgement on Haig's handling of the 1918 crisis. What judgement do you reach on Haig's generalship?

25 Jan 2022: Churchill's reply to Richard Acland, a leading Liberal politician, who had asked about military strength compared to Germany, 9 October 1938.

11 Feb 2022: Exercise in interpreting the data on the outcome of the naval race between Britain and Germany leading up to the First World War.

14 Feb 2022: A D Lindsay's election address, October 1938, for the Oxford City by-election. Focusing on appeasement, peace, and the League of Nations.

21 Dec 2022: An introduction to the papers of Sir Winston Churchill, including a complete list of classes and custodial history.

14 Feb 2022: Letter to Quintin Hogg from Elizabeth Whitley, Oct 1938, responding to his address for the Oxford City by-election and support for Chamberlain

25 Jan 2022: Lord Rothermere wrote to Churchill on 15 Oct 1938 warning him to mute his criticism of Chamberlain or face the electoral consequences.

26 Jan 2022: Churchill takes his message to the country in a statement given on the telephone to the Press Association, 13 April 1938

26 Jan 2022: Churchill expresses his frustration with the Air Defence Research Committee in a letter to Kingsley Wood (Sec of State for Air), 9 June 1938

25 Jan 2022: In Oct 1937 Churchill sent his old friend and colleague Sir Maurice Hankey information about German rearmament that he had illicitly obtained.

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26 Jan 2022: Government and Civil Service reaction to Churchill's interventions on rearmament. Maurice Hankey discusses the "Winston problem", March 1937.

26 Jan 2022: Lindemann clashes with the Air Defence Research Committee. Letter from Professor Sir Henry Tizard to Professor Lindemann, 18 June 1936.

11 Feb 2022: When he was writing "The World Crisis", Churchill asked Haig to comment on the drafts of the chapter dealing with the events of 1917-18.

2 Feb 2022: Churchill was jubilant, remarking when he heard the news of Pearl Harbor: “So we have won after all!”.

25 Jan 2022: Churchill warns of German rearmament. Extracts from text of Churchill's speech in the House of Commons, 19 March 1935.

27 Jan 2022: In Oct 1938, shortly after the Munich crisis, Churchill received this letter from a leading Liberal politician asking about military strength.

26 Jan 2022: Churchill looks back at the death in 1936 of Ralph Wigram, one of Churchill's most important sources of information from within Whitehall.

28 Jan 2022: Some on the left distrust Churchill's motives for his stand against appeasement, G F Hudson writes to Patrick Gordon-Walker.

11 Feb 2022: Haig and his critics: compare a memo by Lord French to the War Cabinet in 1917 and Maurice Hankey’s diary entries from 1917-1918.

14 Feb 2022: Challenge the view of Churchill in the 1930s as a “Great Man”, and consider the political figures Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain.

22 Feb 2022: An exhibition, on display 2018-2019, to mark the centenary of the 1918 Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act.

11 Feb 2022: Key words, terms, and names included in The Churchill Era educational resource may be checked in this glossary.

11 Feb 2022: Compare three documents from 1908-1909 relating to the naval race between Germany and Britain, and answer questions about the documents.

14 Feb 2022: The Oxford by-election gathered international interest. The news magazine Picture Post commented:. ... The centre of Oxford is dominated by its ancient university, where dons (university teachers) and students would read the latest newspaper reports and

11 Feb 2022: As the twentieth century dawned, for the first time Britain's naval power was challenged, by the strong new empire of Germany.

14 Feb 2022: What was Churchill's reputation in the 1930s? General opinion of Churchill was much less favourable than it was of Baldwin or Chamberlain.

14 Feb 2022: In 1934 the League of Nations Union Ilford organised a local referendum on the League, Locarno treaties, disarmament and the arms trade.

28 Oct 2022: This exercise focuses on a report to London by Hugh Watson, Naval Attaché (naval expert) at the British Embassy in Berlin, 12 March 1913.

19 Jul 2022: Recordings of talks from the Keeping and Making Diaries conference, held over 3 days at Churchill College in March-April 2022.

21 Dec 2022: Speaking on the news, Allen Packwood, Director of the Churchill Archives Centre said:. ... As the reaction to this news shows, there is huge research interest in her as a political figure and in the events of her life and premiership, and the material

8 Feb 2022: Our collections include records of women’s political work as politicians, suffrage campaigners, civil servants and ‘incorporated wives’.

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11 Feb 2022: Analyse extracts from the text of Churchill's speech on resigning from the Government, House of Commons, 15 November 1915.

2 Feb 2022: How serious was the German naval threat to Great Britain before 1914? Look at the data given in the tables to answer this question.

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14 Feb 2022: Appeasement and public opinion. This part of unit two looks at how historians can work out what people in Britain thought of appeasement.

11 Feb 2022: What does this extract from the journals of Lord Esher reveal about General Haig and the Battle of the Somme?

14 Feb 2022: How fairly was Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig judged by contemporaries? Take a look through key First World War events.

14 Feb 2022: In the absence of regular opinion polls (and those are by no means always reliable) historians often look to newspapers. 

14 Feb 2022: Follow the links to documents relating to Churchill, rearmament and appeasement, then return to this page to complete the tasks.

11 Feb 2022: Note from Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty) to Admiral Fisher (First Sea Lord), 8 April 1915.

11 Feb 2022: Extracts from text of Winston Churchill's speech on resigning from the Government, House of Commons, 15 November 1915.

14 Feb 2022: Follow the links to documents relating to appeasement and public opinion, and use the documents to complete the tasks on this page.

11 Feb 2022: Letter from Churchill to Bonar Law (leader of the Conservative Party), 21 May 1915, justifying his role as First Lord of the Admiralty.

11 Feb 2022: Memorandum for Cabinet by Winston Churchill defending his Dardanelles policy, 15 August 1915. From the Churchill Papers.

14 Feb 2022: Extract from the Daily Mail, 29 Oct 1938, “Oxford crystallises the true sentiments of the British people” about the Oxford City by-election.

14 Feb 2022: Reply from Quintin Hogg to Elizabeth Whitley, Oct 1938, responding to her letter about his election address and support for Chamberlain.

11 Feb 2022: Letter from Admiral Fisher (First Sea Lord) to Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty), 5 April 1915, relating to the Dardanelles campaign.

14 Feb 2022: It made headline news at the time: Churchill called the vote “abject, squalid, shameless” and “nauseating”, and it is even said to have misled Hitler into thinking the British had lost