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Troops from 51st Highland Division unloading stores from tank landing craft on the opening day of the Allied invasion of Sicily, 10 July 1943

World War II: The overlooked brutality of the Italian campaign

Dan Carlin

‘If you don't include the stories of civilians, you aren't giving a voice to those who suffered’: Dan Carlin on WWII
Sir Antony Beevor

'It was a global war that changed global history': Interview with Sir Antony Beevor ahead of World War II with Tom Hanks
Ralph Fiennes as Dr Henry Guthrie in 'The Choral'

Is 'The Choral' based on a true story?
Statue of George Washington outside the Federal Hall National Memorial in New York

Did George Washington really have wooden teeth?
Milton William Cooper

Milton William Cooper: The conspiracy theorist who predicted 9/11
German soldiers standing in front of the Ursus factory, where almost 6,000 residents were executed

World War II: The Wola Massacre
The entrance to the underground air raid shelter near Stockwell station now used as a war memorial

The London Underground stations used as bomb shelters
Illustration of Veleda

Volva: The Viking prophetesses who could see the future
Photograph of the breached Möhne Dam showing the extent of the flooding

The forgotten victims of the Dambusters raid
Megan Coles

Fatal Folly: 7 absurd deaths from the Middle Ages

Blue plaque on a wall marking the location of Kelso Cochrane's murder

How an unsolved murder led to the Notting Hill Carnival
Soviet soldiers dance in the snow to celebrate a successful counteroffensive

The Battle of Moscow: How the Eastern Front was really won
Painting depicting Edward Jenner performing the first vaccine on James Phipps

James Phipps: The boy who became immune
Sir David Attenborough

Sir David Attenborough at 100: The life of a national treasure
James Dean

The short life and long legacy of James Dean
Nick Pope

Remembering Nick Pope: 1965 - 2026
Statue of Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Fatima: The prophecy that foretold WWII
A helicopter evacuation during the fall of Saigon

The fall of Saigon: How the Vietnam War came to a dramatic end

Tom Hanks

‘How in the world did people do that?': Interview with Tom Hanks ahead of new WWII documentary
A retro tape recorder used for wire-tapping

The real female spies behind PONIES
Highclere Castle

Everything you need to know about the Downton Abbey castle
The ruins of a steam mill building destroyed during the days of the Battle of Stalingrad

Battle of Stalingrad: The turning point of WWII
The aftermath of the Easter Rising

The Easter Rising of 1916: The Irish rebellion that shook British rule
Illustration of Emma of Normandy

Emma of Normandy: The queen who married two kings
Paul the Octopus

12 animals who predicted the World Cup
Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur

Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur: The photo that changed Japan
A partially corroded radiation warning sign in Chernobyl

The impacts of the Chernobyl disaster on the UK
14th century portrait of Knut

4 facts about the Viking emperor Knut
The Great Ball Court at Chichen Itza

The Mesoamerican ballgame: Did this ancient sport give birth to modern football?

Soldiers fighting at the Great Wall of China

How China helped overthrow fascism in WWII
Ulysses' revenge on Penelope's suitors by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

Antinous of Ithaca in The Odyssey: The cruel suitor
Kelso Cochrane

Who killed Kelso Cochrane?
Mike Wolfe

History’s Greatest Picks: Who is Mike Wolfe?
A 1969 police composite sketch of Bible John

The murder victims of Bible John
Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as Mike and Claire Sardina in 'Song Sung Blue'

Who are Mike and Claire Sardina? The true story behind Song Sung Blue