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Prisoners of War from the Allied forces eating food after being liberated from a Japanese Prisoner of War camp in Taiwan (Formosa), 1945 (Photo by Getty Images)

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Prisoners of the Japanese

London burns behind Tower Bridge on 7 September 1940

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Days of destiny: 5 key dates in the Battle of Britain

A Hawker Hurricane in flight over Britain

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Your guide to the Battle of Britain: how the RAF turned back the Luftwaffe

History graduate Steve Humphries' 1998 film exploring the stories of women who worked in Magdalene laundries

How my history degree led to my dream job

Charles and Camilla, 1979

Prince Charles and Camilla: a history of their romance

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor playing Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII in the 1963 film, Cleopatra. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

7 of the most memorable couples in history

Illustration by Joey Guidone

The big question: has terrorism ever achieved its aims?

Simon Schama photographed in Hauteville House, Guernsey (Photo by Oxford Films, Photographer Eddie Knox)

Simon Schama on the Romantics

AFS firemen tackle a blitz fire amidst the rubble surrounding St Paul's Cathedral, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Your guide to the Blitz, plus 9 places affected by the bombings

Stained glass in Exeter Cathedral depicting King Æthelstan. (Dreamstime)

The astonishing Aethelstan

New issue BBCH October

October 2020 issue of BBC History Magazine out now!

Appia Antica (The Appian Way), Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe. (Getty)

Invention or adaptation: what did the Romans really do for us?

Henry Fitzroy

Henry Fitzroy: how Henry VIII’s “bastard son” rocked the Tudor court

A portrait of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler

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Why did the Second World War happen?

WW2 surrender signed, 2 September 1945

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How and when did the Second World War end?