November 2009 cover

November 2009

Articles from the November 2009 issue of BBC History Magazine

A wounded soldier of Company K, 110th Regiment Infantry, receives first-aid treatment from a comrade in Varennes-en-Argonne, France, 26 September 1918. (Photo by Corbis via Getty Images)

First World War

First World War soldiers: life after the Armistice

Children at the Berlin Wall on Sebastianstrasse, Berlin - Kreuzberg - in around 1964. (Photo by Lehnartz/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Cold War

The secret history of the Berlin Wall

Banqueting House, London, where Charles I was executed on 30 January 1649. (Photo by Angelo Hornak/Corbis via Getty Images)

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9 places associated with Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Holy Face by Andrei Rublev. Tempera on wood, 14th century. Moscow, Russia. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

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The mutation of Christianity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

‘Battle of Quiberon Bay' (c1765), from 'Old Naval Prints' by Charles N Robinson and Geoffrey Holme (The Studio Limited, London), 1924. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The battle for Britain 1759. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A statue of Lenin in Germany being removed from its plinth to be demolished. (Photo by Régis BOSSU/Sygma via Getty Images)

General Modern

Looking back at The End of History

Portrait of Captain William Bligh. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

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My history hero: William Bligh (1754–1817). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Transport minister Ernest Marples on a road bridge near the London end of the newly opened M1 motorway, 2 November 1959. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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The first day on the M1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of Belgian refugees fleeing upon the arrival of German troops on the roads, 21 June 1940. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

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The war grave warriors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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When does history end?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.