Period

Second World War

Survivors

Historic Jedburgh

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The Excellent Mrs Fry: Unlikely Heroine

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How to display the ancient world

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A History of Diplomacy

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Warrior Generals: Winning the British Civil Wars

Pirates, propaganda and the history of swearing.

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The Man on Devil’s Island

What is a deodand?

The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain

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Stone tools reveal the secrets to Britain's first settlers

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Politicians have been scared of discussing immigration for years

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The Image of the World

The Atlantic and Its Enemies

Bataan Death March

Q&A: Did Japan ever sign the Geneva Convention after the Second World War?.

The reverend in the lion’s den

King John and the French invasion of England

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Historians are wrong to kick football into touch

A 'poster parade' of Ealing suffragettes advertising a meeting to be held on Ealing Common, 1 June 1912. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

9 historical sites linked to the suffragettes movement.

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How do we record history education?

The LibraryMedieval outlaws: the real Robin Hoods.

Dandy Gandhi to naked Fakir: the Indian leader's revolutionary dress code.

My history hero: Philip Pembroke Stephens (1903–37).

A portrait of Winston Churchill

'Ask your father': the general election of 1945.

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Has Britain always united behind commemorations of the war dead?

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Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction

Where history happened: Dunkirk.

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The Odyssey of Ibn Battuta

The British Empire: Three Films

The Battle of Marathon plus Dunkirk and WWII refugees.