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The Knights Templar depicted on an antique map of Jerusalem. (Alamy)

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Historian, presenter and author Dan Jones. (David Levenson/Getty Images)

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A portrait of Richard III. Was the last Yorkist king a usurper? Historian John Ashdown-Hill explains why this is a myth. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Did fear drive Richard III to the throne?

Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, seated from left to right, in Yalta for the 'Big Three' Conference. In February 1945, British diplomats were already joking that it was actually a conference of the ‘Big Two-and-a-Half’. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

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Winston Churchill gives his famous 'V for Victory' sign while addressing crowds from the balcony of City Hall in Sheffield, November 1941. Churchill's "inspirational" wartime speeches "galvanised the country and became part of our national lexicon", says historian Dr Nick Lloyd. (Photo by Capt. Horton/ Imperial War Museums via Getty Images)

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Debate: Is British history too fixated with the story of the world wars?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The battle for Okinawa: one Marine’s story. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women in traditional Welsh dress, c1896. (Past Pix/SSPL/Getty Images)

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Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran, pictured in 1967 with his third wife, Farah Diba, and their son Reza. His attempted reforms during his final years in power alienated many of his nation's people. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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The Iranian Revolution: why 1979's uprising still shapes the Middle East. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Peter Pan and Wendy' by James Matthew Barrie.

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8 of the best dogs in history

A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte fleeing from the battlefield of Waterloo (18 June 1815) after his defeat by the British under Wellington and the Prussians commanded by Blucher. A print from 'Le Patriote Illustre'. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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What did Magna Carta mean to the English in 1215?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How is the image of revolutionary Che Guevara commodified? Alex von Tunzelmann explores. (Photo by Francois ANCELLET/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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The Lord's pavilion

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9 eccentric monarchs through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard II sails down the Thames to Greenwich to meet the rebels.

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The (forgotten) Iraq war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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John Hardyng: Henry V’s secret agent. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history heroTracy Austin chooses Arthur Ashe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Mary Fulbrook and Richard J Evans. (Photo by Fran Monks)

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"Many of the Holocaust's perpetrators got away with it": why Nazi crimes went unpunished. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The acclaimed English author Charles Dickens. (Photo by Apic/Getty Images)

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A general view of 10 Downing Street, the residence of the British prime minister currently in office, in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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A portrait of Elizabeth Woodville, queen of Edward IV. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and Edward Burns in 'Saving Private Ryan' (1998), directed by Steven Spielberg. (Photo by Dreamworks LLC /Paramount Pictures)

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D-Day on screen: 5 TV and film depictions of the Second World War operation

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A painting depicts a 14th-century sea battle

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To the point: soldiers prepare themselves for hand-to-hand combat by learning bayonet skills. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Members of a British parachute regiment consult their maps during a training exercise just weeks before D-Day. Training was intensive – and dangerous. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post /Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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