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October 2012

Articles from the October 2012 issue of BBC History Magazine

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler sits at a table facing a group of young uniformed National Socialists crowded into a small room in the 'Braune Haus' or Brown House, Munich, Germany, c1935. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Second World War

The dark charisma of Adolf Hitler

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Victorian wedding, circa 1900: A wedding group poses in the garden, 1900. (Photo by F J Mortimer/Getty Images)
Victorian

Living in sin: unmarried relationships in Victorian Britain

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Nuclear bomb test. (OFF/AFP/Getty Images)
General Modern

How Britain got the bomb

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A ceiling fresco depicting Christ. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)
Roman

Christianity under Roman rule: a new church is born

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A coloured engraving from the 16th century depicting Walter Ralegh's arrival in Virginia. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)
Tudor

Tudors in America: how England’s New World colonies came into being

Herbert 'Blondie' Hasler (left) pictured with Bill Sparks and Mary Lindell. It was "his ability to take ordinary men and give them the confidence and skills to do extraordinary things" that made him a hero, says Paddy Ashdown. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Second World War

My history hero: ‘Blondie’ Hasler (1914–87)

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A sketch of a young woman miner pulling a cart filled with coal. From the report of the Royal Commission, c1842. (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
Victorian

The scandal of female miners in 19th-century Britain

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Hampton Court Palace
Medieval

Where history happened: a history of disability

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A relief showing Emperor Constantine's over Maxentius at the battle of Milvian Bridge. (Prisma/UIG/Getty Images)
Roman

A big day in history: “A cross of light” leads Constantine to victory

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Antique double-hemisphere map of the world, complete with landscapes and mythological scenes. (GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)
General prehistory

5 big questions in global history

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.
Viking

Ye olde travel guide: Dublin AD 1000

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