July 2019 (Issue 70)

Expert articles from the July 2019 issue of BBC History Revealed Magazine

Wrens worked as code-breakers at Bletchley Park.

Second World War

The female codebreakers of Bletchley Park

US heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis receives a medal during WW2

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From Joe Lewis to Audrey Hepburn: 10 famous faces of WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of the head of Louis XVI

Georgian

Guillotined in the French Revolution: the bloody story through 7 severed heads

Lord Fiske, chairman of the Decimal Currency Board, makes a purchase at a Woolworths using the new currency on Decimal Day, 15 February 1971

20th Century

Decimal Day: when Britain said farewell to the shilling

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The Stonewall Riots: the flashpoint that launched the gay rights movement in the US. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Construction of a medieval church

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Bravado or blunder? Architectural fails of medieval church builders. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The four-month Siege of Malta.

Tudor

The Great Siege of Malta, 1565: the crusaders' last stand

Victorian

How wild was the Wild West?

Live Aid stage at Wembley, London, in 1985

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When Live Aid rocked the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.