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Second World War

Why Operation Market Garden, the Allies' battle for Arnhem, was a disaster in the planning

Suzannah Lipscomb on women’s lives in Reformation France. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWho invented the tutu?

Tom Holland on Christianity’s enduring legacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire and Battlefield V: the real history behind 3 popular video games

Q&AWho were Prince Albert's family, the Saxe-Coburg-Gothas?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Christ’s communists: the radical religious sect that challenged the Holy Roman Empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

True-to-scale battle numbers and 15th-century life: look inside the revamped Agincourt museum

Second World War

Hitler's millionaire backers: how Germany's elite facilitated the rise of the Nazis

Sir Max Hastings: “While the Dambuster raid’s strategic impact was almost nil, its propaganda value was immense”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henri III: Elizabeth I’s unlikely ally. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Crusades, with Dan Jones. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Crusaders: did they fight for God or gold?

TravelExplore Oslo, Norway: Myths, Munch and fjord-side strolls. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWere girls educated in ancient Rome?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhy did the papacy move to Avignon in the 14th century?

Neil MacGregor: “A consistent element of Britain’s image has been the lonely fighter standing against foreign tyranny”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Strictly shocking: the dances that shook the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Poland, 1939: World War Two begins. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roger Moorhouse: How Hitler’s diplomatic miscalculation led to WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hitler’s war with Anglo-America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhy did Britain fight the Crimean War?

General History

Q&AWhat did a lady-in-waiting actually do?

Second World War

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Second World War

Q&ACould a woman become a knight in medieval times?

Q&ADid Emperor Nero really play the fiddle while Rome burned?

Q&AWhy does the Tower of Pisa lean to one side?

Books interview with Brendan Simms: “Hitler didn’t see Germany’s main enemy as Soviet communism, but Anglo-American capitalism”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From the Napoleonic Wars to Vietnam and Iraq: a history of war trauma. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWere there really only 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae?

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