History Today History - June 1984

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Volume 34 Issue 6 June 1984

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Paul Dukes urges the need to widen our vision of the past by adopting the perspective of world history.

Montgomery and the Preparations for Overlord

Montgomery had five months to mastermind the Allied D-Day landings - and give the troops faith in their battle.

Reading History

Peter Burke examines various reassessments of the Italian Renaissance.

1066 and all that Art

Mildred Budny gauges the scale and achievement of 11th-century art.

Louisiana's 'Cajuns': French Acadians of The South

James Dormon continues our America and the Americas series with a look at the growth of a group of 17th-century settlers in Nova Scotia.

The Part Played by Resistance Movements

Michael Houlihan claims the Allies could have used Resistance to better effect before and after D-Day.

Observations on the Bayeux Tapestry

Mildred Budny provides some observations on the Bayeux Tapestry

Why did Charles I fight the Civil War?

Conrad Russell finds that it is easier to understand why sheer frustration may have driven Charles to fight than to understand why the English gentry might have wanted to make a revolution against him.

The Road to D-Day

Geoffrey Warner looks at the reasons for the delay in opening a second Allied Front.

D-Day Propaganda

Caroline Reed looks at the propaganda campaigns accompanying the D-Day landings on June 6th, 1944

The Resistance in France

The activities and success of the Resistance movement in France from 1940-1944 is examined by Roderick Kedward.

The Liberation of Europe: A Bridgehead Too Late?

John Grigg questions whether D-Day could have taken place earlier and, instead, did it drag out the course of the war?