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Hollow victory: Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French, attends Paris VE Day celebrations. But many faced privation and uncertainty as the war drew to a close. (Photo by Getty Images)

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A depiction of the Norman army, from the Bayeux Tapestry

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Everything you wanted to know about the 1066 Norman invasion and the battle of Hastings – but were afraid to ask

Illustration of Elizabeth I in a cage

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Illustration of Boudica, victorious over the Romans

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An oil portrait of Charlemagne (c747–814), King of the Franks, by 15th/16th-century artist Albrecht Durer. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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The legacy of Charlemagne: how the king of the Franks continues to cast a shadow over Europe

Steve McQueen stars in the 1963 film that turned the 'Great Escape' into a symbol of Allied pluck and ingenuity. (Image by Alamy)

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A group of young female Red Army snipers, East Prussia, February 1945 (Photo by Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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American soldiers in Vietnam

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The US assault on Okinawa

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Two American soldiers wait for the second wave of combat helicopters of the 1st Air Cavalry Division during Operation Pershing during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War defined America in the second half of the 20th century. (Photo by Patrick Christain/Getty Images)

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Simon Wiesenthal, who became famous after World War II for his work as a 'Nazi hunter'. (Photo by: SeM/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

20th Century

The real Nazi hunters: how the infamous escaped – and those who brought them to justice

Henry V. (© Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library / Alamy)

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Photo of flu patients during the First World War

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A woman is carried away on a stretcher following a German bombing raid on London, c1940. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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A line-up of girls ready to play football, somewhere in England during the First World War, c1917. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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10 facts you (probably) didn't know about the First World War

Female aviators Dorothy Spicer and Pauline Gower in a bungalow in Reading, 9 September 1931. Gower later became an officer of the Air Transport Auxiliary's No 5 Ferry Pilots Pool. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler watch a Nazi parade staged for the Italian dictators's visit to Germany. (Photo by Getty Images)

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How do dictators seize power? The malevolent careers of eight 20th-century leaders explained

Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler watch a Nazi parade staged for the Italian dictators's visit to Germany. (Photo by Getty Images)

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A 19th-century depiction of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

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Who is the greatest leader in world history?

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The Jacobite rebellions: how close were they to returning the Stuarts to power?

Go west: Refugees crowd the quayside in the port of Kolberg. Between them and their destination in the west lay freezing waters, mines and enemy submarines. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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c1900: Relief depicting Roman officials and praetorians.

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The rise of Hitler. (Photo by Getty Images)

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An illustration depicting Governor Tryon and the Regulators, c1877.

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The ruins of Dresden after the bombing by Allied forces in early 1945. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Andrew Roberts (Photo by Helen Atkinson)

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