October 2014

Articles from the October 2014 issue of BBC History Magazine

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Scotland on the brink: the nation’s final years of independence

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Killers of the king: the men who dared to execute Charles I

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Did the Tudors invent the Wars of the Roses?

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The Library The real Joan of Arc

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History explorer: The Chartist movement

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The smile revolution against the Reign of Terror

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Steps in time: Dancing through history

Cave of Altamira, Cave painting showing Wisents (Bison bonasus).
Early Paleolithic period, mid ñ
Magdalenien, c. 12000 BC.
near Santillana del Mar (Spain, Cantabria).

General prehistory

The rise of Homo sapiens

Second World War 1939ñ45: Eastern Front.
Polish campaign, September 1939.

German soldiers removing Polish border markings in Upper Silesia (border markings erected in 1923 after the division of Upper Silesia between Poland and Germany according to the Treaty of Geneva on 15.5.1922).

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Second World War

1939: When Poland was torn to pieces

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My favourite place: The Black Forest, south-west Germany

Sport. Football. pic: 30th July 1966. 1966 World Cup Final at Wembley. England 4 v West Germany 2 a.e.t. England captain Bobby Moore holds aloft the World Cup (Jules Rimet trophy) as the team gather around to celebrate. Credit: Popperfoto.com Ref: PLP

My history hero: Bobby Moore

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Sam’s historical recipe corner: Beef olives