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20th Century

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20th Century

Enter the zone of terror: the truth about the Bermuda Triangle is going to shock you

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Would Franz Ferdinand really have prevented the First World War?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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General History

Can a US president run for a third term? The unexpected history of the two-term limit

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We gave 8 historians a time machine. You won't believe where they chose to go. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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20th Century

Why did Lenin turn into a mushroom? Inside the bizarre prank that fooled Soviet Russia

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This lesbian Lithuanian princess went to war with Rasputin – but that's not what she's most famous for. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"We were small people, our parents grateful to have survived": my memories of a 1950s childhood. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Why did Stalin commit a robbery? The bloody heist that made the dictator’s name

Adolf Hitler, photographed from behind, stands on a raised platform overlooking thousands of troops arranged in formation at a Nazi rally in Dortmund.

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The Nazis fell in love with the Bayeux Tapestry – and there's a dark reason why. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A young boy walks across a grassy hillside near his family's farm in Aberfan, Wales, in November 1966, with stone buildings and vehicles behind him.

20th Century

Death under the black mountain: surviving the 1966 Aberfan disaster

Tom Hiddleston and Genden Phuntsok stand side by side in mountaineering clothes, surrounded by snow and steep, ice-covered peaks. They portray Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in Tenzing.

20th Century

“I wouldn’t recommend anyone attempt Everest”: Tenzing director Jennifer Peedom on Everest queues, reclaiming lost narratives and dropping Loki into a crevasse

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"No votes, no golf!": how the suffragettes made sport a political battlefield. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The country house at war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The pioneering surgeon who stood up to Rasputin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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North Korea's religious dictators. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British historian and author Simon Sebag Montefiore sitting indoors on a light-colored sofa. He is bald with a light beard, wearing a dark blue button-down shirt and brown trousers

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"The Iraq War was a disaster": a historian's view on the modern Middle East. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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WW2's bloody battle for Arakan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Robot wars in the classroom: why AI in education is nothing new. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Second World War

Hitler ordered my father’s death – but an SS general spared his life

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The Soviet spy who couldn't love. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Thatcher, pubs and poverty porn: a gritty history of British sitcoms. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Adolf Hitler delivers a speech in Nazi Germany, c1936, raising a clenched fist as he addresses an audience.

Second World War

Did Hitler really shoot himself? Here's why the Führer's death is more complicated than you think

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"He came out of the Valleys like a projectile" – and altered the course of British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What is ‘Europe’, anyway?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

CS Lewis

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Christianity, conflict and catastrophe: the life of CS Lewis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sit together in an open carriage, smiling and waving to crowds following their wedding at Windsor Castle in May 2018. Harry wears military uniform, while Meghan wears a white wedding dress and veil.

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From Nell Gwyn to Meghan Markle: 9 romances between actors and royals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Why does Britain keep changing prime ministers? The answer lies in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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She was hunted by the FBI and transformed British culture – so why haven't you heard of this black activist?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 5Did an alien spacecraft crash-land in Russia?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 3Was Paul McCartney replaced by an imposter?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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