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Why does Saladin have such an enduring reputation?

The Ottoman empire: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hiroshima: the race to the atomic bomb. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The transformation of India’s glamorous golden couple. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oliver Cromwell’s remarkable rise to power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Antwerp: city of innovation & intrigue. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How the 1964 Tokyo Olympics redefined Japan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Samir PuriHow Empires Shaped the World. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain & France: enemies or economic partners?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What if...Antony and Cleopatra had won the battle of Actium?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What triggered the French Revolution?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Did the Tudors invent the Wars of the Roses?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s illegal war: the story of the battle of Copenhagen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cnut's invasion of England: setting the scene for the Norman conquest. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The battle of Marston Moor: what happened?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fighting for freedom: the storming of the Bastille and the French Revolution

Second World War

Tobruk: 8 facts about the WW2 confrontation in North Africa

The Cold War battle for Berlin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Forgotten heroes: Japanese Americans in World War Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history of the Kurds in Iraq: "the largest people never to have achieved statehood". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Does Richard I deserve his reputation as a martial genius?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Reassessing Edward I: battle-hungry aggressor or dutiful conqueror?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The untold story of India’s WW2 prisoners of war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How the French won the battle of Waterloo (or think they did)

The battle of Stoke Field, 1487 – the real last battle of the Wars of the Roses

Britain’s secret Jewish commandos. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to build a medieval castle: 9 top tips

Your guide to the Anarchy, the bloody battle between Stephen and Matilda

Second World War

Bismarck: why was the WW2 German battleship so feared? Plus 9 things you didn’t know about its only mission

Able Archer 83: the Nato war-game that nearly spelled nuclear disaster. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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