February 2022

Expert articles from the February 2022 issue of BBC History Magazine

Sarah Smith and Eleanor of Aquitaine

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My history heroSarah Smith chooses Eleanor of Aquitaine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of Chinese Red Guards

20th Century

The Gordons: Prisoners of the Cultural Revolution

Illustration of folkloric beings

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A history of Britain's folklore. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

German soldiers watch a farmhouse they have burned during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941

Second World War

The eastern front in WW2: how it all went wrong for the Germans