Beginner's guides
A beginner’s guide to historical investigation
Informative websites to aid any historical investigation, ranging from the most basic aspects of our past – DNA and blood groups – to specific searches in archives and other repositories.
- Ancient Egypt
Find out about the civilisation that produced Tutankhamun. - Ancient Technology
The best websites and books dealing with ancient technology – from chariots to cranes, submarines to incendiary devices, and much more. - Battle of Britain
Find out about – and experience – the battle won by ‘the Few’. - Britain’s Trains and Railways
Everything you wanted to know about steam engines, railway companies and electric locomotives. - D-Day
The best websites that deal with the 'longest day' – from overviews of the massive operation to the spies who actively deceived Hitler. - Historical investigation
Informative websites to aid any historical investigation, ranging from the most basic aspects of our past – DNA and blood groups – to specific searches in archives and other repositories. - Japan at War
From the invasion of Manchuria in 1931 to the atomic bombs that ended World War II in 1945: glimpses of the conflict from a mainly Japanese perspective. - The Minoans
Websites covering all aspects of Minoan history and civilisation, which flourished on Crete from 2000 to 1500 BC. - Russia: From the Vikings to the last tsar
A multitude of websites that will allow you to explore the history of the land of the tsars. - Stalin
The best sites and books about probably the worst tyrant of the 20th century. - Titanic
The best websites and books on the ill-fated British liner that sank in 1912. - Winston Churchill
The best sites about the ‘Greatest Briton’.
