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History’s greatest mysteriesWhat caused the medieval ‘dancing plague’?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1916: The long march to modernity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1588: The Spanish Armada. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Turning points1171: The English invasion of Ireland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thomas Kendrick: MI6 spymaster who helped win WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval miracle worker: how St Columba transformed Christianity in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fascism: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Yugoslavia: the beginning of the end. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The battle of Alcatraz, 1946: the most violent escape attempt in the prison’s history

Triumph against the odds: the 1821 Greek Revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

Your guide to the Treaty of Versailles

Eleanor of Aquitaine: the worst royal mother-in-law?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From Joe Lewis to Audrey Hepburn: 10 famous faces of WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 1941 battle of Moscow: how successful was Operation Typhoon?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhy do some people call the Irish famine ‘the Great Hunger’?

Second World War

The making and breaking of the Luftwaffe

Q&ADid Nazis guards really play a 'death match' against a Ukrainian football team?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Resolving the 'Irish Question': 5 key moments on the path to partition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AHow was Germany able to afford the astronomical cost of rearmament in the 1930s?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Searching for WW1’s fallen soldiers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Singer, siren, activist, spy: the incredible life of Josephine Baker. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Irish famine: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How the Greeks changed the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hypocrite, reactionary, usurper, sex maniac: is Catherine the Great's reputation justified?

The surprisingly modern Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In pictures: Interwar fascism. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What do we know about Viking funerals?

10 incredible Viking stories from Norse mythology

Gods, myths and rituals: what we know about Viking religious beliefs

What if...The Vikings had never left their homelands?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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