American history

Firemen tackling a blitz fire at St Paul's Cathedral, London

Second World War

WW2 timeline: 20 important dates and milestones you need to know

American citizens Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, following their arrest by the FBI 1950. They were convicted of passing infomation to the Soviets and executed in 1953

The secrets and lies of Cold War spies

A group of formerly enslaved African-Americans around the time of the US Civil War

Why we should remember… the Amnesty Act of 1872

Pro-choice and pro-life advocates outside the Supreme Court in the 1970s, following the Roe v Wade decision. (Photo by Diana Walker//The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images)

A brief history of US abortion law, before and after Roe v Wade

A portrait of sharpshooter Annie Oakley holding a shotgun, mid 1880s. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

Annie Oakley: the most famous sharpshooter in America

An iconic figure in running history, Kathrine Switzer is the first woman to have officially run the Boston Marathon. (Photo by Getty Images)

General History

From running marathons to working the nightshift: 8 surprising things women were banned from doing through history

Bernstein and Woodward, the journalists who broke the Watergate scandal

Your guide to… the Watergate scandal

A vintage photo of the RMS Titantic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912

Your history guide to RMS Titanic, plus 12 fascinating facts about the disaster

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Atomic bomb damage in the city of Hiroshima, 1945

Second World War

Was the US justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War?

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A cartoon published by Benjamin Franklin c1770 urging the colonies to unite and resist British rule. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

Benjamin Franklin: from British patriot to American hero

United States and Nato flags fly above US Air Force fighter jets in Lithuania

Is the future of Nato under threat?

King George III (r1760–1820), seen here in his coronation robes, was mentally unfit to rule during the final decade of his life. (Image by Getty Images)

What if… George III hadn't 'lost' the colonies?

Four flapper women line up along a wall and chug bottles of liquor in the 1920s.

Flappers, sanitary pads and public drinking: was the 1920s a time of increased liberation for women?