March 2018 (Issue 53)

Expert articles from the March 2018 issue of BBC History Revealed Magazine

St Paul's Cathedral photographed through the smoke after a night when the German air force bombed London

Second World War

"War's greatest picture"? Inside the night St Paul's Cathedral survived the Blitz

Illustration of a man without a head, but with his face on his chest. This is one of many creatures Sir John Mandeville claimed to have met on his travels

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A knight's (tall) tale: why medieval traveller Sir John Mandeville was more popular than Marco Polo. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Image depicting Roman general Germanicus oversing the burial of the bones of Romans killed in the battle of Teutoburg Forest

Roman

What was the Roman Empire's greatest defeat? It might be Teutoburg Forest in AD 9

Photo of JFK in the motorcade

20th Century

Who killed JFK? The case that can never be closed