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King George II of Great Britain

George II: 8 facts about the British king and German elector

Neville Chamberlain shows off the Anglo-German Declaration at Heston Aerodrome

Second World War

Q&A Peace for our time: what was written on Neville Chamberlain’s piece of paper?

Part nineteen in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1900–1949. (Image by Getty Images)

Turning points 1916: The long march to modernity

Stuka dive bombers fly in formation over France in May 1940

Second World War

The making and breaking of the Luftwaffe

Wehrmacht soldiers on parade, 1937

Second World War

Q&A How was Germany able to  afford the astronomical cost  of rearmament in the 1930s?

Woman waving a union jack flag emblazoned with a swastika

In pictures: Interwar fascism

A scene from the German film 'Ways to Strength and Beauty', 1925. (Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)

Second World War

Germany’s naked truth: the 19th-century nudism movements co-opted by the Nazis

German doctor Otto Warburg at work in his laboratory

Second World War

Otto Warburg: the Jewish doctor and the Nazi war on cancer

Politicians in suits discuss the Paris Peace Treaty inside the Palace of Versailles

The Paris Peace Conference: everything you wanted to know

Two Hitler Youth who have surrendered to Allied Forces, Germany, 1945. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

First World War

Innocence under fire: how children were used in warfare of the past

Soldiers disembark a landing craft with a battle on the beach beyond

How to win a 20th-century battle

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A panel of eyewitnesses recall their memories of the divided city and the dramatic events of November 1989. (Image by Getty Images)

Witnesses to the Berlin Wall

Norman Davies introduces a long-maligned and overlooked monarch, George II, and reveals that there are in fact many reasons to remember his reign. (Image from Getty Images)

George II: reassessing a much-forgotten monarch

Black and white image showing soldiers of the Third Reich surround a huge bonfire

Witches, werewolves and vampires: the Nazi’s quest for the supernatural

As the world’s best athletes congregate in Tokyo for the 29th Summer Games, David Goldblatt answers your questions on the history of the Olympics. (Image from Getty Images)

Olympic history: everything you wanted to know