BBC History Revealed Magazine

A decoy rubber tank such as those used by the Allies during WW2.

Second World War

Masters of disguise: the story of the Allies’ WW2 ‘Ghost Army’

Paul Delaroche's heavily idealised depiction of Lady Jane Grey's final moments, painted in 1833, shows Jane being guided to the block by Sir John Brydges, lieutenant of the Tower. The painting is given even greater poignancy by the fact that two of Jane's ladies are shown weeping and that even Jane's executioner is moved to avert his eyes. (VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

Who was Lady Jane Grey? The tragic story of the ‘Nine Days Queen’

An aerial photo of Stonehenge

Your guide to Stonehenge, plus 12 fascinating facts you might not know

Illustration of Despite being outnumbered, the Greeks gained vital supremacy at sea over the Persians at the battle of Salamis in 480 BC

The Peloponnesian War: Athens fights Sparta for dominance in ancient Greece

A c1520–40 portrait of Henry VI

The miraculous afterlife of Henry VI

Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert, pictured in 1854. (Photo by Roger Fenton/Roger Fenton/Getty Images)

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert: what was their relationship like?

Aerial view reconstruction drawing of Maiden Castle

A brief guide to the British Iron Age

Adolf Hitler. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Second World War

Your guide to Adolf Hitler: key facts about the Nazi dictator

Photo of an Anglo Saxon helmet found at Sutton Hoo

Sutton Hoo: a brief guide to the Anglo-Saxon burial site and its discovery

Smokey the bear is presented with a firefighter's helmet

The paratrooper, the poet’s pet and the real Winnie: 10 famous bears in history

Did Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler (pictured) ever meet? (Photos by Getty Images)

Second World War

Q&A Did Churchill and Hitler ever meet?

Harriet Tubman (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad: how one woman saved hundreds from hell

Photo of Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria: how and why did she become Empress of India?

An illustration of the head of Louis XVI

The French Revolution through 7 severed heads

Illustration of a mummy with mask

How to make an Egyptian mummy in 6 steps