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10 June

Painting of Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn. Several servants as well as Cardinal Wolsey look on.

From service to survival: what happened to the households of Henry VIII’s six wives?

Still from 'The Witness is a Whale'

History TV and radio in the UK: what’s on our screens this week?

German prisoners of war arrive on British soil in 1944, bound for camps somewhere in England (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Second World War

The German Great Escape? The tale of the WW2 Island Farm escape attempt

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9 June

The Duke of Cumberland leans awat from two ghostly men, wearing white robes and wielding razor blades, as smoke rises around them

Royals on the stand: how Queen Charlotte’s son the Duke of Cumberland faced down a libel scandal

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Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian troops, May 2023

Serhii Plokhy on the Russia-Ukraine conflict “Putin’s misreading of history is a major contributing factor in how this war has progressed”

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July 2023 issue of BBC History Revealed out now!

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8 June

Joseph Chamberlain (far right) pictured with his sons Neville (far left) and Austen, daughter Hilda (front left) and third wife, Mary Endicott (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Industrial revolution

Chamberlain and Cadbury of Birmingham The first families in Britain’s second city

Allied troops hide from enemy shelling during the battle of Caen. The town was finally captured after several weeks of intensive fighting. The white markings on their shoulders were later added to the photograph by a censor to hide the name of the battalion. (Photo by Hulton-Deutsch/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images)

Second World War

The battle for Normandy: what happened after D-Day?

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7 June

Volunteers in the recently established SAS jump from a gantry during parachute training in Kabrit, Egypt, November 1941

Second World War

The original rogue heroes of the SAS