Young Churchill: Soldier of Empire (TRIH ep 240, part 2)
1895 · Resource
This episode — part two of a multi-part survey of Winston Churchill's early life — follows Churchill from Sandhurst into his first imperial adventures. Holland and Sandbrook discuss Churchill's complex psychology after his father Lord Randolph Churchill's death, his hunger for fame and adventure, and his early work as a war correspondent.
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Around 1895
- Russo-Japanese War (1904)
- Dreyfus Affair (1894)
- Boxer Rebellion (1899)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Pop music: the 1900s (1900)
- Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889)
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Federation of Australia (1901)
- Einstein's miracle year (Annus Mirabilis) (1905)
- Reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1888)