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American history

This is an American flag with waves folding over the blue field of stars and red and white stripes. (Photo by Visions of America/UIG via Getty Images)

Revealed: the history of America’s national anthem

(Illustration by Jonty Clark for BBC History Magazine)

1776: the year of American independence

The 1776 American Declaration of Independence. (Image by Universal History Archive / Getty Images)

Your guide to the 1776 American Declaration of Independence

US heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis receives a medal during WW2

Second World War

10 famous faces of WWII

The nearly 2,000-mile First Transcontinental Railroad, seen shortly before completion in 1869. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images)

How wild was the Wild West?

Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, seated from left to right, in Yalta for the 'Big Three' Conference. In February 1945, British diplomats were already joking that it was actually a conference of the ‘Big Two-and-a-Half’. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Second World War

WW2: When Britain stood (not quite) alone

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

Portrait of founding father Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, c1806. (Photo by National Gallery Of Art/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Alexander Hamilton

The police attempt to quell the crowd, and succeed only in inciting more violence. (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)

The Stonewall Riots

Troops from the 48th Royal Marines at Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer on Juno Beach, Normandy, France, during the D-Day landings, 6 June 1944. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

Your guide to D-Day: what happened, how many casualties were there, and what did it accomplish?

Unequal alliances? United States and Nato flags fly above US Air Force fighter jets in Lithuania. In 2017, the US administration called into question the commitment of Nato members that currently fail to meet defence spending targets. (Image by PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty Images)

Is the future of Nato under threat?

Second World War soldiers learning bayonet skills.

Second World War

The road to D-Day: the masterplan

Members of a British parachute regiment consult their maps during a training exercise just weeks before D-Day. Training was intensive – and dangerous. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post /Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

The Library The road to D-Day: getting ready for action

Through MK ULtra's experiments, often performed on unwitting test subjects, the CIA hoped to make 'brainwashing' real. (Image by RF CREATIVE/Getty Images)

MK Ultra: the secrets of the CIA’s mind-control programme

Charlton Hetson races a chariot in Ben-Hur

Wacky races: 10 weird and wonderful contests through history