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A Hawker Hurricane in flight over Britain

Second World War

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German Heinkel HE-111 bombers fly over Britain during a mission in September 1940

Second World War

8 reasons why the Luftwaffe didn’t stand a chance of beating the RAF in the Battle of Britain

Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in 'The Favourite'. (Photo by Twentieth Century Fox/Entertainment Pictures)

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BBC History Revealed August 2020

August 2020 issue of BBC History Revealed out now!

August issue of BBC History Magazine

August 2020 issue of BBC History Magazine out now!

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Coming up in the September 2020 issue of BBC History Magazine

Phillipa Soo, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Jasmine Cephas Jones as the Schuyler sisters in 'Hamilton'. (Image: Disney+)

The women of Hamilton: Angelica, Eliza and… Maria Reynolds

Tom Hanks in 'Greyhound' (2020)

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The real history that inspired WW2 film Greyhound

WW2 surrender signed, 2 September 1945

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How and when did the Second World War end?

Phyllis Schlafly

The woman who opposed equality with men: Phyllis Schlafly and the real history behind Mrs. America

A family comprising several generations of enslaved people. Resistance, common throughout the history of slavery, ranged from slow working to violent fights for freedom (Universal History Archive/Gertty Images)

Freedom fighters: the enslaved people who fought for the abolition of slavery

A group of fighter pilots of No. 32 Squadron relax beside their Hawker Hurricane Mk I fighters at RAF Hawkinge in July 1940

Second World War

The Few: who exactly were the heroes of the Battle of Britain?

Adolf Hitler photographed with Nazi war generals

Second World War

What was Operation Sealion, Hitler’s planned invasion of Britain? And why was it cancelled?

Henry VIII portrait

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about Henry VIII

A portrait of Samuel Pepys, English writer and diarist. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Samuel Pepys