The Defence of the Realm

Posts in The Copybook tagged ‘The Defence of the Realm’

1

Drake’s Drum by Sir Henry Newbolt

In time of crisis, so the legend goes, Sir Francis Drake will come to our aid again, as once he did against the Spanish Armada.

2

The Battle of Trafalgar by Jawaharlal Nehru

A year into his reign as Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte had much of Europe under his government but the United Kingdom still eluded him.

3

The Battle of Waterloo by Clay Lane

The Russians had checked it in the East, but in the West the expansion of Napoleon Bonaparte’s empire was far from over.

4

Britain’s Destiny by Leslie Howard

In a Christmas broadcast in 1940, actor Leslie Howard explained why British sovereignty was worth fighting for.

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