June 2016 cover

June 2016

Articles from the June 2016 issue of BBC History Magazine

A photograph of the battle of Moscow, 1942, first printed in Signal, a magazine published by the German Third Reich from 1940 to 1945. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Second World War

Operation Barbarossa: why Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was his greatest mistake

A painting of the Tudor succession

The truth about the Tudors: what 5 kings and queens were really like behind closed doors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of Sadhu holy men at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, one of the most sacred Hindu temples in Nepal. (Photo by Getty Images)

My favourite place: Kathmandu, Nepal

The Mar Elian Catholic monastery burnt by Islamic State militants in 2016. (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images)

History under attack: the destruction of antiquities in the Middle East. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire. (Photo by Getty Images)

History explorerThe Second Barons’ War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThe Holocaust on stage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gold medallion of Constantius I, from the mint of Trier. It depicts Constantius celebrating his victory over Alectus in AD 296. Constantius is shown on a horse at the gates of London, welcomed by Britannia. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The LibraryThe first British Empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lyndon B Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. (Photo by Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images)

My history hero: Lyndon Johnson (1908–73). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Miners on strike after the decision from the High Court of Justice to seize all assets of the labor unions, 1984. (Photo by Alain Nogues/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

There was more to the 80s than Maggie. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

David Reynolds, Professor of international history at Christ’s College, Cambridge. (Photo by Alamy)

Issue 200 special: “History books will need to be objects of desire”

BBC History Magazine

My favourite place: Kathmandu