Q&A

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Q&A: Why didn’t Napoleon invade the Channel Islands?

Illustration by Glen McBeth

When did the pope rule England?

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Was there a guerrilla campaign waged by pro-German elements in what was then German New Guinea during WWI?

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What is a deodand?

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The reverend in the lion’s den

Bataan Death March

Q&A: Did Japan ever sign the Geneva Convention after the Second World War?

Second World War

Hitler’s bloody swastika

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The fate of the Graf Spee

The lesser-spotted postbox

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When was the first mosque in Britain built?

Were there networks in the UK to return German pilots to the Reich?

The medieval castle in the English county of Kent

The King and his castle: how Henry II rebuilt his reputation