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Clinic at the School of Dentistry, Paris, 1892. A female student treating a patient under supervision. (Photo by Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)

General History

Q&A What are the roots of dentistry?

A medieval illustration showing a doctor bleeding a patient

General History

A history of medicine 14 surprising facts

A still from American-made war epic All Quiet on the Western Front

Germany at a crossroads: Nazis, pacifism, and why the lessons of All Quiet on the Western Front still matter today

A German soldier captured during the battle of Kursk, July–August 1943. Germany’s last major offensive on the eastern front ended in crushing defeat (Photo by STF/AFP/ GettyImages)

Second World War

Bitter end: Hitler’s downfall and the end of the war and the Third Reich

Grave of a fallen soldier in World War I

First World War

“Their name liveth for evermore”: the difficult task of locating, identifying and honouring the dead of WW1

A man goes into a village at night on the eve of Samhain

What is the history behind the Celtic festival of Samhain and what does it have to do with Halloween?

Ben Foster as Jan Žižka in 'Medieval' (2022). (Photo by Alamy)

Jan Žižka: one of history’s greatest military leaders, who was blind but undefeated

First World War

All Quiet on the Western Front film "An ambitious, visceral exploration of life and loss in WW1"

A propaganda photograph showing a typical German family eating the Eintopf, a cost-saving stew promoted by the Third Reich

Second World War

The stomach for the fight: the food policies used by the Nazis to maintain control in the Third Reich

Photo of the SAS in North Africa

Second World War

The real ‘Rogue Heroes’ of the early SAS

A scene from the Luttrell Psalter, c1330, gives an idealised insight into everyday life in 14th-century rural England

Life as a medieval peasant How accurate are depictions on screen?

Thousands gathered in Portugal in October 1917 to witness the Miracle of the Sun.

Miracle of the Sun Why thousands gathered in 1917 to witness a solar vision

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The Congo-Océan railroad’s deadly history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, c1860, (left) and actor Devrim Lingnau as Elisabeth in Netflix drama The Empress.

Sisi: the tragic life of the lost and lonely Empress Elisabeth of Austria

The election of Giorgia Meloni as Italy’s first female prime minister

The rise of Giorgia Meloni “It makes plain the strange way a dictator has retained a positive image in many sectors of Italian society”