November 2012

Articles from the November 2012 issue of BBC History Magazine

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The Library Nuclear nightmare: the Cuban missile crisis

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A big day in history: The day Pope Urban II exhorted Christians to go on crusade

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Nelson: the unhappy admiral

28 Jun 1914, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina --- Original caption: Austrian Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, walked down steps to enter car on June 28, 1914. Five minutes later, they were shot fatally at close range by Gavrile Princip, shown on bottom second right. The assassination triggered World War I, which ended just 60 years ago to this date. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

First World War

The shot that sparked the First World War

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The Anglo-Saxon cunning woman

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My history hero: Sir David Low (1891–1963)

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Where history happened: British astronomy

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Second World War

El Alamein: The British empire’s last hurrah

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A little history of the world: the importance of small states in global politics

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The Library Wales in the Civil War: the last refuge of monarchy

Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Moscow 1937