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20th Century

Forgotten histories of the Holocaust . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HMS Bittern on fire and severely damaged after a German air attack in Namsos fjord, 30 April 1940. Both sides sustained heavy losses in the battle of Norway but the German navy was less able to absorb these than its British foe. (Photo by Topfoto)
Second World War

Narvik in context How battle for Norway in 1940 saved Britain

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20th Century

An audacious kidnapping in 1970s Paris . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A composite image showing an astronaut on the moon against a purple sky.
20th Century

Conspiracy Did NASA fake the Moon landing?

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20th Century

A journey along the Iron Curtain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nancy Astor campaigning
20th Century

How the battle for female suffrage in Britain was won

King Edward VII in his coronation robes.
Edwardian

Edward VII A guide to the king who ruled over the Edwardian age

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20th Century

Fleeing revolution: Russian exiles in Paris . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A composite image showing the Edwardians
Edwardian

The Edwardian era: a history guide and timeline of Britain in the reign of Edward VII

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20th Century

How FDR transformed the US presidency . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Enoch Powell against a union jack flag
20th Century

Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech: Britain and race in the mid 20th-century

Soldiers drafted in to work during a coal porters’ strike in London, shovelling coal
Edwardian

The Great Unrest: what caused the industrial action of 1911–14?

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Pod Lisa Pine WL
20th Century

Weaponising food in the Third Reich . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Conspiracy WL Anastasia
20th Century

Conspiracy Did Anastasia survive the massacre of the Romanovs?

Helen Chandler, Mayo Methot and George Meeker, 1932.
20th Century

Quiz How well do you know the silent movie era?