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Put together by the team behind BBC History Magazine, The Second World War Story app for iPad explores the key events and personalities of the largest and most harrowing conflict in human history.

As well as multimedia guides to D-Day, the Battle of Britain, the Atom Bomb, the Holocaust, and many other topics, the app also includes in-depth articles by internationally-renowned historians; historic video footage; an interactive Second World War timeline; and audio interviews by historical experts.

A special collector's edition of BBC History Magazine is now on sale, giving readers the lowdown on the global conflict that raged between 1914 and 1918.

The issue covers the key battles and personalities, as well as information on what it was like to live and fight through the First World War.

Historians such as Gary Sheffield, Peter Caddick-Adams, Peter Hart and Fiona Reid examine a host of topics – from why the war began and life in the trenches, to the American impact, the crucial final year of the conflict, and the Armistice.

Eric Ives OBE, a leading Tudor historian and contributor to BBC History Magazine, has died. He was 81 years old.

Ives was emeritus professor of English history at the University of Birmingham and an expert on the Tudor period. He wrote a number of books across a long career, with perhaps his most famous work, Anne Boleyn, published in 1986. His most recent publication, The Reformation Experience, was released earlier this year.

The promoter is Immediate Media Company Bristol Limited, Tower House, Fairfax Street, Bristol, BS1 3BN.

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The promotion is open to all residents of the UK, including the Channel Islands, aged 18 years or older, except the Promoter’s employees or contractors and anyone connected with the promotion or their direct family members.