June 2009

Articles from the June 2009 issue of BBC History Magazine

Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin stands beside an American flag, soon after landing on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. (Photo by NASA/Liaison)

Opinion: Was the Moon landing really a great leap for mankind?

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Fred Perry in action in the Wimbledon final in 1936. (Photo by Getty Images)

Fred Perry: the icon and the outcast

This illustration from a Women’s Social and Political Union poster condemns the force-feeding of suffragettes in 1910. Many women were subjected to this brutal procedure between 1909 and August 1914. (Museum of London)

Cat and mouse: force feeding the suffragettes

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The Templars: a brief history

An older couple is watching a Canadian soldier with a bulldozer working in the ruins of a house in the rue de Bayeux.10th July 1944. The church towers in the background have survived the Allied bombing intact. Caen, Normandy, France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

Second World War

D-Day: the successes and failures in focus

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Returning soldiers: what can we learn from history?

The burning of Templars (From: De casibus virorum illustrium by Giovanni Boccaccio). Artist: Master of the White inscriptions (active ca 1480)

The Templars on trial: a very muted inquisition

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Kennel Special

The surprising history of Victorian dog shows