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The Codebreakers: Who Worked at Bletchley Park During World War Two?

The Story of a Teenage Bletchley Park Recruit

Codebreakers: The Story of Bletchley Park’s Growing Influence in World War Two

How People Tried to Escape the Horrors of the Partition of India

Why Did the Partition of India Happen?

What Led to the Battle of Imphal and Kohima in 1944?

What Are the Most Important Documents in British History and How Can They Be Decided?

How Families Were Torn Apart by the Violence of the Partition of India

Paddy Mayne: An SAS Legend and a Dangerous Loose Cannon

Why the Italian Campaign Was One of the Hardest of World War Two

Why the Italian Front of World War Two Didn’t Include Italian Forces

How the War in Italy Set the Allies up for Victory in Europe in World War Two

Why Did the Allies Invade the South of Italy in 1943?

What Were Britain’s Objectives and Expectations at the Somme in 1916?

Why Did the Battle of the Somme Go So Badly Wrong for the British?

Why Did Britain Enter World War One?

18 of the Most Important Documents in 20th century British History

Why Insecurity Among Europe’s Aristocracies Played a Part in the Outbreak of War in 1914

How Bill Slim’s Tactics Transformed Allied Prospects in South-East Asia

Meet Bill Slim, the Architect of Britain’s Improved Fortunes in South-East Asia

How Britain’s Role in the Partition of India Inflamed Local Issues

Why Has the Partition of India Been Historical Taboo For So Long?

The Catastrophic Early Years of the SAS

24 of the Most Important Documents in British History 100 AD-1900

Who Was David Stirling, Mastermind of the SAS?

Why Nationalism Played a Bigger Part in Sparking the First World War than Imperialism

10 Facts About the Battle of Stalingrad

How Poland Proved Vital to the Allied War Effort in World War Two

What Happened to German Cruise Ships When World War Two Broke Out?

1 July 1916: The Bloodiest Day in British Military History

The Battle of Arras: An Assault on the Hindenburg Line

Why Is the Battle of Vimy Ridge Such a Significant Moment in Canadian Military History?

The Importance of Artillery in World War One

Why a Terrible Month For the Royal Flying Corps Became Known as Bloody April

How Did Nationalism and the Breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Lead to World War One?

What Life Was Like for a Woman in the Navy During World War Two

10 Facts About Joseph Stalin

10 Facts About the Battle of Normandy

What Was Operation Hannibal and Why Was the Gustloff Involved?

Does the Sinking of the Gustloff Get Swept Up in the Carnage at the End of World War Two?

The Worst Maritime Disaster in History: The Sinking of the Gustloff

From Schoolgirl to Servicewoman: How the Outbreak of World War Two Changed One Woman’s Life

How One Family Tried to Deal With the Lasting Trauma of World War Two

How a False Flag Sparked World War Two: The Gleiwitz Incident Explained

Neville Chamberlain’s Speech to the House of Commons – 2 September 1939

When Were Tanks First Used in Battle?

The German Invasion of Poland in Numbers – 1 September 1939

Great Britain Declares War on Nazi Germany: Neville Chamberlain’s Broadcast – 3 September 1939

Poland’s Underground State: 1939-90

5 Secret Weapons of the Nazis

10 Facts About Vladimir Lenin

A World War Two Servicewoman Tells of Her Own #MeToo Experience

How Did US-Iran Relations Get So Bad?

10 Facts About Rasputin

The Treatment of the Jews in Nazi Germany

5 Stages of Closing the Falaise Pocket

6 Facts About the Huey Helicopter

The Death Flights of Argentina’s Dirty War

Did JFK Avert the Cuban Missile Crisis?

America’s Disastrous Miscalculation: The Castle Bravo Nuclear Test

8 of the Best Moments in Presidential Debates

Birmingham and Project C: America’s Most Important Civil Rights Protests

Cold War Literature on Surviving an Atomic Attack is Stranger Than Science Fiction

Cuba 1961: The Bay of Pigs Invasion Explained

15 Bloodiest Battles of World War One by Casualty Figures

Was the 88th Congress’ Racial Split Regional Or Partisan?

The Ballad of Willie McBride and the Futility of War

The Assassination of Malcolm X

Southeast Asia’s Most Murderous Regime: The Khmer Rouge Explained

9 of the Best Songs Associated With the Vietnam War

10 Facts About Submarine Warfare in World War One

How the Ferguson Protest Has Its Roots in the Racial Unrest of the 1960s

12 Facts About John J. McCloy: The 20th Century’s Most Powerful American?

How Did JFK Win the 1960 Election?

A Shocking Tale of Slave Cruelty That Will Chill You To The Bone

LBJ: The Greatest Domestic President Since FDR?

How Long Did World War One Last?

100 Facts About World War Two

5 Examples of Anti-Jewish Propaganda in Nazi Germany

10 Anti-Nazi David Low Cartoons

Battle of the Bulge in Numbers

A Very Persuasive President: The Johnson Treatment Explained

Anti-Nazi Cartoons: How US Comic Books Supported the War

7 of the Best Vietnam War Films

Conscription in World War One Explained

The Escalation of the Vietnam Conflict: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident Explained

5 Major Causes of World War Two in Europe

There Comes a Time: Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

15 of the Best Novels and Memoirs About World War One

47 Stunning Murals from the Berlin Wall East Side Gallery

107 Solemn Lines of Poetry that Show the Futility of World War One

Anschluss: The German Annexation of Austria Explained

8 May 1945: Victory in Europe Day and the Defeat of the Axis

Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I Have A Dream’ Speech in Full

17 Important Figures in the Vietnam War

Kingmaker: How Joe P. Kennedy Created a Political Dynasty

A Necessary Evil? The Escalation of Civilian Bombing in World War Two

The My Lai Massacre: Shattering the Myth of American Virtue

5 Major Battles of the Vietnam War

18 Key Figures From The Civil Rights Movement

10 Facts About D-Day and the Allied Advance

4 Countries That Switched From the Axis Powers to the Allies

10 Definitive Songs From World War Two

Does Germany Still Owe Greece Money for Nazi War Crimes?

German Pre-war Counterculture and Mysticism: Seeds of Nazism?

10 Facts about Erwin Rommel – The Desert Fox

D-Day to Paris – How Long Did it Take to Liberate France?

8 Convicted Nazi War Criminals Who Got Off Easy

Did Nazi Germany’s Racial Policies Cost Them the War?

How the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Changed the World

How Many People Died in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings?

10 Facts About the Holocaust, Ethnic Cleansing and Race in World War Two

20 Facts About the Battle of the Atlantic in World War Two

10 Facts About Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War

10 Facts About the Soviet War Machine and the Eastern Front

10 Facts About the Build-up to World War Two

10 Facts About the Fall of France in World War Two

How Many Women Did JFK Bed? A Detailed List of the President’s Affairs

10 Facts About Reinhard Heydrich — The Butcher of Prague

10 Famous Actors Who Served in World War Two

The 4 M-A-I-N Causes Of World War One

10 Facts About the Blitz and the Bombing of Germany

10 Facts About World War Two in Africa and the Middle East

10 Facts About the German Luftwaffe

4 World War One Myths Challenged by the Battle of Amiens

How Did the Allies Manage to Break Through the Trenches at Amiens?

Why the Start of the Battle of Amiens is Known as the German Army’s “Black Day”

20 Key Quotes by Winston Churchill in World War Two

7 Key Heavy Bomber Aircraft of World War Two

How Long Was The Battle of the Bulge?

Hitler’s Illnesses: Was the Führer a Drug Addict?

Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 10 Most Powerful Men in Nazi Germany

20 Key Quotes by Adolf Hitler About World War Two

Towards the Final Solution: New Laws Introduced Against ‘Enemies of the State’ in Nazi Germany

Justified or a Callous Act? The Bombing of Dresden Explained

Official War Art of the Second World War: Proclaiming Britain’s Future in Visual Representations of Her Past

How the Image of the Shabby British Evacuee Became Established

Japan’s Sudden and Brutal Occupation of Southeast Asia

Mein Kampf: The World’s Most Controversial Book

From Hyperinflation to Full Employment: Nazi Germany’s Economic Miracle Explained

How Did Germany Defeat France So Quickly in 1940?

Hitler’s Personal Army: The Role of the German Waffen-SS in World War Two

10 Key Dates in World War Two

66 Lines of Poetry That Reflect Early British Optimism for World War One

Hitler’s Purge: The Night of the Long Knives Explained

Flight Identification Chart of World War Two American Aircraft

Hitler’s Bullyboys: The Role of the SA in Nazi Germany

The Secret History of Japan’s Balloon Bombs

4 Ways the Red Scare Changed Hollywood

The Growing Role of the SS in 1930s Nazi Germany

Subservient Wombs for the Führer: The Role of Women in Nazi Germany

Social Darwinism in Nazi Germany

The Sinews of Peace: Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ Speech

The Shocking Scale of Holocaust Killing by Country

10 Steps to World War Two: Nazi Foreign Policy in the 1930s

Taxis to Hell – and Back – Into the Jaws of Death – The Story Behind the Photograph

The Plot to Kill Hitler: Operation Valkyrie

10 Important Machine Guns of World War Two

Starvation Without Reparations: The Nazi Occupation of Greece

Topgun: The Real Life Story of the US Navy’s Elite Pilot Training School

10 Heroes of World War One

10 Facts About Gas and Chemical Warfare in World War One

How Did the Allies Treat Their Prisoners in World War One?

6 Examples of World War One in TV and Film

8 Famous People Who Were Opposed to World War One

10 Facts About the Build-Up to World War One

Europe in 1914: First World War Alliances Explained

10 Facts About Mobilisation and Recruitment for World War One

10 Facts About the Major Battles of World War One

10 Facts About the Home Front During World War One

10 Anti-German Propaganda Posters from World War One

11 Facts About the Aftermath of World War One

100 Facts that Tell the Story of World War One

10 Facts About World War One Artillery

How World War One Invented Modern Plastic Surgery

12 Important Artillery Weapons from World War One

5 Important Tanks from World War One

6 Important Machine Guns from World War One

The Anglo-German Christmas Truce of 1914

The 20 Most Important People in the Build Up to the First World War

How the 3 Major Early War Plans for the Western Front All Failed

5 Light Machine Guns of World War One

10 Facts About World War One Weaponry

10 Facts About World War One at Sea

4 Principal Weaknesses of the Weimar Republic in the 1920s

11 Facts About World War One Casualties

How the Allies Turned Retreat into Victory on the Western Front in 1918

Britain and the EU: The History of a Not So Special Relationship

Would JFK Have Gone to Vietnam?

Where Did The Battle of the Bulge Take Place?

Why Did Operation Barbarossa Fail?

Why Did 300 Jewish Soldiers Fight Alongside the Nazis?

Why Did So Many People Die in World War Two?

When Was Adolf Hitler Born?

Why Did the Holocaust Happen?

The US Embargo Against Cuba: A Cold War Relic?

Tourism and Leisure in Nazi Germany: Strength Through Joy Explained

What are the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts?

What Impact Did the Unions Have on the Civil Rights Movement?

The Western Allies’ Phoney War

What Was the Significance of the Battle of the Bulge?

10 Facts About the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

10 Facts About the Manhattan Project and First Atomic Bombs

The Strange Stories of Soldiers Who Fought for Both Sides in World War Two

5 Successes from the Mud and Blood of Passchendaele

Was the Great Depression all Because of the Wall Street Crash?

When Was the Battle of Britain and Why Did Germany Lose It?

How to Identify German War Planes: A World War Two Infographic

10 Facts About the Battle of Britain

Could Britain Have Lost the Battle of Britain?

The Battle of Kursk in Numbers

What Was the Significance of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in the Holocaust?

Who Was Interned in Nazi Concentration Camps Before the Holocaust?

10 Key Moments for Britain’s First World War Tanks

When Was the World War One Armistice and When Was the Treaty of Versailles Signed?

What Was the Significance of Franz Ferdinand’s Assassination?

Was World War One Inevitable Without Franz Ferdinand’s Assassination?

10 Facts About Archduke Franz Ferdinand

How the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Unfolded

What Was the Nazi-Soviet Pact and How Did It Affect Poland?

10 Facts About the Battle of the Somme

10 Facts About the Battle of Kursk

Was Douglas Haig Really “The Butcher of the Somme”?

How Did Adolf Hitler Die and How Old Was He?

Who Were the Marines Who Raised the Flag on Iwo Jima?

Why Were Casualties So High in the Battle of Okinawa?

What Was the Significance of the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa?

Why Did the US Drop Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

How Big Was the Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima?

What Were the Long Term Effects of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

What Was the Sykes-Picot Agreement and How Has It Shaped Middle Eastern Politics?

Who Controlled the Middle East Before World War One?

How World War One Changed the Politics of the Middle East

5 Reasons the United States Entered the First World War

5 Facts About the Battle of the Philippine Sea

12 Facts About the Kokoda Campaign

How the Swastika Became a Nazi Symbol

10 Facts About Anne Frank

When Did the Holocaust Start? Key Dates and Timeline

Where Did the Holocaust Take Place?

Why Do People Deny the Holocaust?

What Are the Main Conspiracy Theories Surrounding Adolf Hitler’s Death?

18 Facts About the Battle of Iwo Jima

Operation Overlord: What Happened on D-Day and How Successful Were the Landings?

D-Day: How Many Men Were Involved in the Invasion of Normandy and How Many Casualties Were There?

9,000 Fallen Soldiers Etched onto Normandy Beaches in this Amazing Artwork

74 Fascinating Facts About D-Day

D-Day in Numbers: The Key Facts and Figures

What Was the Balfour Declaration and How Has It Shaped Middle Eastern Politics?

3 Stories from Survivors of Hiroshima

10 Facts About the Supermarine Spitfire

What Was the Difference Between the Nazi SA and SS?

10 Facts About the Battle of Midway

Where Did the Battle of Midway Take Place and What Was Its Significance?

10 Facts About Adolf Hitler

Which Nazi War Criminals Were Tried, Charged and Convicted at the Nuremberg Trials?

How Tolkien’s Middle Earth Was Influenced by World War One

How the Cannes Film Festival was Created

Operation Sealion: Why Did Adolf Hitler Call Off the Invasion of Britain?

Why Did Labour Defeat Winston Churchill’s Conservative Party in 1945?

How Did T. E. Lawrence Become ‘Lawrence of Arabia’?

What Happened to Legendary Aviator Amelia Earhart?

1953: The Coronation of Elizabeth II

1942: The Worst Military Disaster in British History

1918: British Women Win the Right to Vote

1917: The US Severs Diplomatic Relations With Germany

1943: The Bloody End of the Battle of Stalingrad

1945: The Red Army Retakes Warsaw

1943: Churchill and Roosevelt Get Together at the Casablanca Conference

1916: Siberian Mystic Rasputin is Murdered

1914: The Christmas Truce

1916: The Battle of Verdun Ends

1944: The Greek Civil War Begins

1943: The “Battle of Berlin” Bombing Offensive Begins

1915: Winston Churchill Resigns From the Government

1917: The Last Successful Cavalry Charge in History at Beersheba

1918: A Most One-Sided Dogfight

1941: Zhukov Takes Command of the Red Army at Moscow

1944: Aachen is the First German City to Fall to the Allies

1914: The First Battle of Ypres Begins

1938: The Sudetenland ceded to Hitler

1928: The First Five Year Plan Begins

Pearl Harbour: Japan Gambles on a Massive Pre-Emptive Attack against the US Navy

Discovering D-Day: The Greatest Amphibious Operation in History and its Impact on the World

Mud, Floods and Lice: The World War One Trench Experience

1917: Publication of the Zimmermann Telegram

1940: The Altmark Incident

1939: Battle of the River Plate

1917: General Allenby Enters Jerusalem

1914: Battle of the Falkland Islands

1941: Attack on Pearl Harbour

1917: The Halifax Explosion

1874: Winston Churchill is Born

1917: Battle of Cambrai

1941: Sinking of the Ark Royal

1918: Armistice Day

1935: First Flight of the Hawker Hurricane

1912: Woodrow Wilson Elected President

How Did Trench Warfare Begin on the Western Front?

1915: Sinking of the Lusitania

1945: The Bombing of Dresden

The 10 Largest Memorials to Soldiers on the Western Front of World War One

1915: First Zeppelin Attack