This Week in History: German Government Surrenders to the Allies: May 7, 1945

This Week in History: German Government Surrenders to the Allies: May 7, 1945

This week in history — Though the Allies had driven the Germans from France, they bogged down along the fortifications that guarded the German fatherland. By mid-October 1944, the allies had taken Aachen, Metz, and Strasbourg; in November and early December, fierce German resistance halted their advance into the Saar region. For fear of unconditional…

Parliament Emancipates Catholics: April 13, 1829

Parliament Emancipates Catholics: April 13, 1829

Conditions did not improve when George IV (featured image) became king of England in 1820. As regent for his insane father, George III, since 1811, George IV had long supported the repression of radicals. Though a clever man (he was a student of the classics and fluent in French, Italian and German), George IV was…