Christmas 2016

Articles from the Christmas 2016 issue of BBC History Magazine

The Crimean War: The Late Captain Lewis Edward Nolan, 15Th Hussars, 1854 (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

The Charge of the Light Brigade: who blundered in the Valley of Death?

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The Library Henry VIII's six wives in a different light

Illustration by Femke De Jong

The medieval longing for the good old days

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History Explorer: The Roman army in Britain

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The Library What was history’s most dramatic year?

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The fight for Black America

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My history hero: Woody Guthrie

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My favourite place: Bethlehem, West Bank

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History-loving politicians

E6MKB9 Stricken from the air. Three USA Battleships ablaze during the attack on Pearl Harbor

Second World War

The Library The shock of Pearl Harbor

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My favourite place: Bethlehem