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From Cradle to the Grave: A Child’s Life in Nazi Germany

How Did North Korea Become an Authoritarian Regime?

Helping Turing: How Three Polish Mathematicians Cracked the Enigma Code

A Timeline of Hong Kong’s History

11 Aircraft That Fought in the Battle of Britain

Who Was Ethel Gordon Fenwick? The First Nurse

10 Victoria Cross Winners of World War One

10 Facts About the Battle of Mons

10 Victoria Cross Winners of World War Two

How Amy Johnson Became Britain’s Queen of the Skies

How to Identify British Fighter Aircraft: A Battle of Britain Infographic

Did Appeasement Allow the British Breathing Space to Rearm?

How Did Britain Respond to Hitler’s Tearing Up of the Munich Agreement?

Why Did Hitler Want to Annex Czechoslovakia in 1938?

Why Did Britain Allow Hitler to Annex Austria and Czechoslovakia?

What Were the Key, Early Moments That Led to the Outbreak of World War Two?

Neville Chamberlain’s Three Flying Visits to Hitler in 1938

Who Did the RAF Face in the Skies During the Battle of Britain?

The Eagle Has Landed: The Long-lasting Influence of Dan Dare

How Humans Reached the Moon: The Rocky Road to Apollo 11

Historic Achievement or Giant Hoax? Why Some People Believe the Moon Landings Were Faked

Why Did the USA Have to Beat the Soviets to the Moon?

The Extraordinary Daddy-Long-Legs Railway of Brighton 

12 Facts About the Apollo Programme

10 Facts About the First Moon Landing

Their Finest Hour: Why Was the Battle of Britain so Significant?

Who Was Douglas Bader? The RAF Fighter Ace with No Legs

No. 303 Squadron: The Polish Pilots Who Fought, and Won, for Britain

The Personal Kit of a British Soldier at the Start of the Asia-Pacific War

What Caused the Siege of Sarajevo and Why Did It Last so Long?

10 Facts about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Story Behind Geoffrey Malins’ Footage at the Somme on 1 July 1916

10 Facts About Geoffrey Malins

10 Facts About the Battle for Hong Kong

10 Facts About the British War in the East in World War Two

10 Facts About the Spanish Civil War

The Battle of Jutland: The Largest Naval Clash of World War One

How Tim Berners-Lee Developed the World Wide Web

When Was the First Fair Trade Label Introduced?

The Siberian Mystic: Who Really Was Rasputin?

When Did Concorde First Fly to North America?

Valorous Women: Who Were The Rochambelles?

How Was the Third Battle of Gaza Won?

The Liberation of Western Europe: Why Was D-Day So Significant?

When Was the Simpson’s First Aired?

Who Was Military Hero Marshal Georgy Zhukov?

How the Empire Strikes Back Solidified Star Wars’ Cult Status?

Queen Elizabeth II: Journey to the Throne

Who Did the Allies Face in Normandy on D-Day?

What It Was like to Be a Young Tank Commander During the Normandy Landings?

How a Tank Commander Confronted Death in the Battle of Normandy

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

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

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

100 Facts About World War Two

10 Facts About D-Day and the Allied Advance

7 Royal Navy Convoy Escort Vessels of World War Two

What Time Was Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated?

The Spitfire V or the Fw190: Which Ruled the Skies?

The Key Points of the Treaty of Versailles

The Oslo Peace Accords Explained

Who Was Sir Alan Cobham? The Man Who Brought Aviation To The Masses

How Sir Alan Cobham Set the Stage for Air Refuelling

British Intelligence and Rumours of Adolf Hitler’s Post-War Survival

The Forgotten Story of Eglantyne Jebb: The Woman Who Founded Save the Children

Churchill’s Siberian Strategy: British Intervention in the Russian Civil War

10 Facts About the Real Great Escape

How Did Russia Strike Back after Initial Defeats in the Great War?

Who Was the First Person to “Walk” in Space?

How Britain’s Air Policy in 1941 Gambled with the Country’s Future

The Amazing Life Of Adrian Carton deWiart: Hero of Two World Wars

How Did France and Germany Approach World War One by the End of 1914?

The Great War in Words: 20 Quotes by Contemporaries of World War One

The Battle for Resources at the Start of the Great War

A Short History of The Caliphate: 632 AD – Present

How Charlie Chaplin Became a Worldwide Icon

16 Facts About the Battle of Jutland

Who Started World War One?

15 Key Moments in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

How the Great War Raged over Three Continents by 1915

How Close Would German and British Tanks Get in World War Two?

The Battle for the Rhine: A Tank Commander’s Experience

A World War Two Tank Commander’s Experience of Coming Across a V1 Bomb Site

How Did a Young World War Two Tank Commander Stamp His Authority on His Regiment?

10 Facts About the Suez Crisis

The Battle of Brunete: The Decisive Clash of the Spanish Civil War

How Royal Navy Aviators Helped Secure Allied Victory in the Pacific

How Were British Soldiers Supplied in World War One Before the NAAFI?

4 Important Events of the Great War in January 1915

How Close Was Operation Valkyrie to Success?

The Story Behind the December 1914 Christmas Truce in World War One

Over by Christmas? 5 Military Developments of December 1914

When Did World War One End?

How the Boeing 747 Became Queen of the Skies

The Hard Fought Battle of Women’s Suffrage in the UK

15 Facts About the Battle of the Bulge

What Was the Significance of the 1967 Six-Day War?

Who Was the First British Army Soldier to Be Demobilised after World War One?

5 Facts About the British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War

How an Intercepted Telegram Helped Break the Deadlock on the Western Front

How Grand Central Terminal Became the Greatest Train Station in the World

How the Beatles Became International Sex Symbols

Who Was Ferdinand Foch? The Man Who Predicted World War Two

How Significant Was the Battle of Verdun?

How Significant Was the Battle of the Falkland Islands?

The Palestine Campaign: How Britain Captured Jerusalem in World War One

When Was Facebook Founded and How Did It Grow so Quickly?

How Did Austria Take Belgrade but Lose in Serbia? The Faltering Serbian Campaign

Why Did the Nazis Discriminate Against the Jews?

Lord Randolph Churchill’s Astonishing Letter to His Son About Being a Failure

How FC Barcelona Became a Source of Catalan Pride

How Winston Churchill’s Early Career Made Him a Celebrity

The Early Operational Career and the Closest Call of Britain’s Last Dambuster

Who Were the Pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary?

Why We Shouldn’t Neglect the Role of the Royal Navy at Dunkirk

How Accurate Is the Movie ‘Dunkirk’ by Christopher Nolan?

How Accurate Was Christopher Nolan’s Film ‘Dunkirk’ in its Depiction of the Air Force?

George Orwell’s Review of Mein Kampf, March 1940

The Final Briefing Before the Dambusters Raid Began

The Aftermath of the Dambusters Raid and Remembering the Fallen

What It Was Like to Be a Part of the Dambusters Raid

The Last Dambuster Recalls What It Was like under the Command of Guy Gibson

How the Dambusters Trained to Drop the Specially Modified Bomb

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

What Was It like to Be a Female Pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary?

How Doctor Who Became Part of Mainstream British Popular Culture

10 Facts About the Battle of Verdun

How a Tough Childhood Shaped the Life of One of the Dambusters

10 Facts About the Miracle of Dunkirk

Why Did the First UK Motorways Have No Speed Limit?

The Unstable Nature of the Eastern Front at the Start of the Great War

The Key Events in the First 6 Months of The Great War

How Was Qantas Airlines Born?

Who Was Kaiser Wilhelm?

The 5 Key Attributes of the John F. Kennedy Allure

10 Facts About the Fairey Swordfish

How the German Army Won Its Greatest Victory of the First World War at the Battle of Tannenberg

Operation Veritable: The Battle for the Rhine at the Close of World War Two

18 Key Bomber Aircraft From World War One

How The Great War Became a Defensive War

Who Was the Red Baron? The Most Famous Fighter Ace of World War One

The Lads of World War One: The British Tommy’s War Experience in 26 Photos

100 Facts that Tell the Story of World War One

How Did the Northeast of America Go Dark During 1965?

Why Remembrance is Vital in Stopping History From Repeating Itself

Why Did Britain Enter World War One?

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

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

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

15 of the Best Novels and Memoirs About World War One

15 Bloodiest Battles of World War One by Casualty Figures

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

Why We Are Wise to Pay Heed to History in the Age of Trump

How World War Two Furthered Modern Plastic Surgery

Fake News, Donald Trump’s Relationship With It and Its Chilling Effects Explained

The Yalta Conference and How It Decided the Fate of Eastern Europe after World War Two

Predecessors of the Panzers: How Effective Were German Tanks During World War One?

“The Devil Is Coming”: What Impact Did the Tank Have on the German Soldiers in 1916?

1 July 1916: The Bloodiest Day in British Military History

3 Reasons For French Weakness at the Battle of the Frontiers

How Important Was the Tank for Allied Victory in World War One?

How Walt Disney Rose from Failure to Create the Most Famous Cartoon Character of All Time

The Hoax That Fooled the World for Forty Years

Adolf Hitler’s Failed Attempt at Armed Insurrection: The 1923 Munich Putsch

17 Facts about the Russian Revolution

How Was the Heroic Hawker Hurricane Fighter Design Developed?

15 Fascinating Facts About Winston Churchill

HMS Ark Royal and the Ascendancy of Aircraft in Naval Warfare

The Last Hours of the USS Hornet

The Crisis of the European Armies at the Start of the First World War

Kristallnacht: The Night That Changed Germany Forever and Signalled the Start of the Holocaust

The Patent for the First Bra and the Bohemian Lifestyle of the Woman Who Invented It

Operation Archery: The Commando Raid That Changed Nazi Plans for Norway

20 World War Two Posters Discouraging ‘Careless Talk’

12 Important Aircraft From World War One

Vasily Zaytsev – The Enemy at the Gates

The Few: Winston Churchill’s Speech About the Battle of Britain

The Discovery of Tutankhamen’s Magnificent Tomb

The Horror of the Rumbula Massacre

How a Couple of Weeks of German Brilliance in 1940 Elongated World War Two by Four Years

Why Did Germany Keep Fighting World War Two After 1942?

Did Britain Make the Decisive Contribution to the Nazis’ Defeat in the West?

Was the Battle of Britain As Close As We’ve Been Brought up to Believe?

How the Over-engineering of Weapons Caused Problems for the Nazis in World War Two

Why World War Two’s Operational History Isn’t as Boring as We May Think

The Detonation of the Bridges of Florence and German Atrocities in Wartime Italy During World War Two

The Sinking of The Bismarck: Germany’s Largest Battleship

3 Graphics That Explain the Maginot Line

The Horrendous Fate of Lublin Under German Control during World War Two

Were World War One Soldiers Really ‘Lions Led By Donkeys’?

What Was the Role of Britain’s Women in World War One?

How the Irish Free State Won its Independence from Britain

8 Tanks at the Second Battle of El Alamein

10 Key Events of the North African Campaign

Why We Are Still Living in the Shadow of the Sykes-Picot Agreement

Why the Ottoman Empire’s Siding with Germany in 1914 Terrified the British

3 Lesser Known Causes of Tension in Europe at the Start of World War One

10 Facts About the Battle of El Alamein

Why Were the French Involved in the Sykes-Picot Agreement?

Why Did the British Want to Divide the Ottoman Empire in Two after World War One?

Trump’s America and the Dictatorships of 1930s Europe: Parallels and Differences

12 British Recruitment Posters From World War One

The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners in the Great War

Why Was the Triple Entente Formed?

What Actually Happened at the Battle of Festubert?

How Horses Played a Surprisingly Central Role in World War One

How Many People Died in the First World War?

What Was Winston Churchill’s Role in World War One?

The Animals of World War One in Pictures

What Did Adolf Hitler Do in World War One?

Uniforms of World War One: The Clothes That Made the Men

Why Has the West Been the Only Game in Town for so Long and Is That Now Changing?

Should We Avoid Comparing Modern Politicians to Hitler?

How the Start of #WW1 Would Play Out on Twitter

Did Hitler’s Drug Problem Change the Course of History?

The RAF’s Forgotten Link to the Windrush Generation

Was the RAF Especially Receptive to Black Servicemen in World War Two?

Why We Had to Tell the Story of the RAF’s Caribbean Heroes

How International Pressure Moderated Nazi Anti-Semitism in the 1930s

The Dismantling of German Democracy in the Early 1930s: Key Milestones

Cher Ami: The Pigeon Hero that Saved the Lost Battalion

Why Global Connectedness is Nothing New

The Dieppe Raid: A World War Two Mission That Went Badly Wrong

Why We Should Look to the East for a Fuller Understanding of World History

Why Was Hitler Able to Dismantle the German Constitution So Easily?

What Drove European Countries into the Hands of Dictators in the Early 20th Century?

What Was the Sudeten Crisis and Why Was it So Important?

How Accurate is the Popular Perception of the Gestapo?

Did Nazi Germany Have a Drugs Problem?

Two Objects That Illustrate the Horrors of Nazi Oppression

How Did the Nazis Do What They Did in Such a Civilised and Culturally Advanced Country?

SAS Veteran Mike Sadler Recalls a Remarkable World War Two Operation in North Africa

Two Third Reich Objects and What They Tell Us About Nazi Germany

The First Successful SAS Operation: What It Was Like to Take Part

A World War Two Veteran’s Story of Life in the Long Range Desert Group

The Invasion of Poland in 1939: How It Unfolded and Why the Allies Failed to Respond

Operation Barbarossa: Why Did the Nazis Attack the Soviet Union in June 1941?

Why Was the Nazi-Soviet Pact Signed in August 1939?

What Were the Key Battles For American Forces During the First World War?

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 Battles of Imphal and Kohima in 1944?

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

What Are the Causes of Venezuela’s Economic Crisis?

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

What Was the Situation in Italy in September 1943?

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 Venezuelans Elect Hugo Chavez President?

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

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

10 Facts About the Battle of Stalingrad

How Did American Intervention Affect the First World War?

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

America’s Response To German Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Why Did America Enter the First World War?

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

How Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez Went From Democratically Elected Leader to Strongman

How Prepared Was the American Army For Combat On the Western Front?

Why Is the Battle of Belleau Wood so Important to America?

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

What Role Did America Play in Defeating the German Spring Offensive in 1918?

Was the Battle of Belleau Wood the Birth of the US Marine Corps?

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?

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

Poland’s Underground State: 1939-90

The German Invasion of Poland in Numbers – 1 September 1939

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

What Was the Gresford Colliery Disaster and When Did it Take Place?

5 Stages of Closing the Falaise Pocket

6 Facts About the Huey Helicopter

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

The Assassination of Malcolm X

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

The Ballad of Willie McBride and the Futility of War

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

Did JFK Avert the Cuban Missile Crisis?

America’s Disastrous Miscalculation: The Castle Bravo Nuclear Test

The Death Flights of Argentina’s Dirty War

8 of the Best Moments in Presidential Debates

Cuba 1961: The Bay of Pigs Invasion Explained

LBJ: The Greatest Domestic President Since FDR?

How Long Did World War One Last?

10 Facts About Submarine Warfare in World War One

How Did JFK Win the 1960 Election?

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

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?

9 of the Best Songs Associated With the Vietnam War

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

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

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

The My Lai Massacre: Shattering the Myth of American Virtue

Battle of the Bulge in Numbers

Conscription in World War One Explained

5 Examples of Anti-Jewish Propaganda in Nazi Germany

47 Stunning Murals from the Berlin Wall East Side Gallery

Kingmaker: How Joe P. Kennedy Created a Political Dynasty

5 Major Causes of World War Two in Europe

10 Anti-Nazi David Low Cartoons

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

5 Major Battles of the Vietnam War

18 Key Figures From The Civil Rights Movement

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

7 of the Best Vietnam War Films

A Very Persuasive President: The Johnson Treatment Explained

17 Important Figures in the Vietnam War

Anschluss: The German Annexation of Austria Explained

Appeasement Explained: Why Did Hitler Get Away With It?

5 Examples of Anti-Japanese Propaganda During World War Two

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

10 Definitive Songs From World War Two

8 Convicted Nazi War Criminals Who Got Off Easy

Does Germany Still Owe Greece Money for Nazi War Crimes?

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

4 Countries That Switched From the Axis Powers to the Allies

10 Facts about Erwin Rommel – The Desert Fox

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

How the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Changed the World

How Many People Died in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings?

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

10 Facts About Reinhard Heydrich — The Butcher of Prague

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 Build-up to World War Two

10 Facts About the Soviet War Machine and the Eastern Front

10 Famous Actors Who Served in World War Two

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

10 Facts About the Fall of France in World War Two

10 Facts About the Blitz and the Bombing of Germany

10 Facts About the German Luftwaffe

4 World War One Myths Challenged by the Battle of Amiens

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

10 Key Dates in World War Two

7 Key Heavy Bomber Aircraft of World War Two

How Long Was The Battle of the Bulge?

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

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

20 Key Quotes by Winston Churchill in World War Two

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

Japan’s Sudden and Brutal Occupation of Southeast Asia

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

20 Key Quotes by Adolf Hitler About World War Two

How Did Germany Defeat France So Quickly in 1940?

Mein Kampf: The World’s Most Controversial Book

Justified or a Callous Act? The Bombing of Dresden Explained

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

Flight Identification Chart of World War Two American Aircraft

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

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

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

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

The Plot to Kill Hitler: Operation Valkyrie

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

Social Darwinism in Nazi Germany

Starvation Without Reparations: The Nazi Occupation of Greece

4 Ways the Red Scare Changed Hollywood

The Growing Role of the SS in 1930s Nazi Germany

10 Important Machine Guns of World War Two

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

The Secret History of Japan’s Balloon Bombs

The Shocking Scale of Holocaust Killing by Country

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

10 Facts About the Home Front During World War One

10 Anti-German Propaganda Posters from World War One

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

11 Facts About the Aftermath of World War One

6 Examples of World War One in TV and Film

10 Facts About the Build-Up to World War One

10 Heroes of World War One

10 Facts About Mobilisation and Recruitment for World War One

Europe in 1914: First World War Alliances Explained

10 Facts About the Major Battles of World War One

8 Famous People Who Were Opposed to World War One

10 Facts About Gas and Chemical Warfare in World War One

10 Facts About World War One Artillery

11 Facts About World War One Casualties

5 Light Machine Guns of World War One

4 Principal Weaknesses of the Weimar Republic in the 1920s

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

12 Important Artillery Weapons from World War One

How World War One Invented Modern Plastic Surgery

5 Important Tanks from World War One

10 Facts About World War One Weaponry

6 Important Machine Guns from World War One

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

10 Facts About World War One at Sea

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?

Why Did the Holocaust Happen?

Why Did 300 Jewish Soldiers Fight Alongside the Nazis?

Where Did The Battle of the Bulge Take Place?

When Was Adolf Hitler Born?

Why Did Operation Barbarossa Fail?

Why Did So Many People Die in World War Two?

The US Embargo Against Cuba: A Cold War Relic?

The Western Allies’ Phoney War

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

What are the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts?

What Was the Significance of the Battle of the Bulge?

Tourism and Leisure in Nazi Germany: Strength Through Joy Explained

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?

How a 12 Year Old Schoolboy Set About Restoring the Magnificent Gwrych Castle

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

What Was the Significance of the 1964 US Civil Rights Act?

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

How a Football Match Turned to All Out War Between Honduras and El Salvador

75 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?

Who Was David Stirling, Mastermind of the SAS?

Why Did the Lusitania Sink and Cause Such Outrage in the US?

How Did Barbie Become an Icon?

How the Zimmermann Telegram Contributed to America Entering the War

The Worst Military Capitulation in British History

Long Walk to Freedom: Why Nelson Mandela Was so Remarkable

The End of the Bloody Battle of Stalingrad

What Caused the Apollo 1 Launch Disaster?

How Zeppelins Became Terrors of the Sky

How the Red Army Captured Warsaw

When the Allied Leaders Met in Casablanca to Discuss the Rest of World War Two

The Dawn of Commercial Cinema

How Sixteen Men Survived the Andes Flight Disaster Against All the Odds

How Frank Capra’s ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Became a Christmas Classic

How the Halifax Explosion Laid Waste to the Town of Halifax

How Smog Has Plagued Cities Around the World for over a Hundred Years

How Greece Tore Itself Apart in a Vicious Civil War at the End of World War Two

The Death of Clark Gable – the ‘King of Hollywood’

The Bombing of Berlin: The Allies Adopt a Radical New Tactic Against Germany in World War Two

Why Winston Churchill Resigned From the Government in 1915

The History of Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday

Why Do You Find Bibles in Hotel Rooms?

How Woodrow Wilson Came to Power and Led America into World War One

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?

Not Just an England Victory: Why the 1966 World Cup Was So Historic

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?

How Did the Good Friday Agreement Succeed in Forging Peace in Ireland?

What Was the Rise and Fall of McCarthyism?

How an Unashamedly Money-grabbing Scientist Invented Plastic

Before #Brexit, there was Brentrance: a Tricky Union from Churchill to May

How the Super Bowl Turned American Football into the No.1 US Sport

How Did Adolf Hitler Become the Chancellor of Germany?

When Johnny Cash Recorded “At Folsom Prison”

Why Did the US Sever Diplomatic Relations with Cuba?

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