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A composite of three WW2 tanks

Second World War

Quality or quantity? With WW2 tanks, there was a surprising winner

German tank at the battle of Kursk, 1943. (Photo by Roger Viollet via Getty Images)

Second World War

The 1943 battle of Kursk: was it the biggest tank battle in history?

British 40th Division tanks transporting captured German guns from the battle of Cambrai. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

First World War

5 tanks that changed the course of the First World War

This late 16th-century portrait by John de Critz depicts Sir Francis Walsingham (c.1532–1590), Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster. A shrewd diplomat and master of espionage, Walsingham built the intelligence network that helped safeguard the Tudor state from plots and foreign threats.

Elizabethan

Elizabeth I’s shadowy spy network was tasked with uncovering secret conspiracies. Here’s what it found

A black and white photograph shows a group of Japanese military men on a train, while some young women prepare to get on the carriage. A young woman looks back over her shoulder

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Kavita Puri on VJ Day: "We don't talk about the war in Asia – which was a messy, complicated conflict". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

an illustration of a pale blue gravestone with several small drawings on it, including a moon, a heart, a ring and some flowers. Around the gravestone there are flowers and it is set against a bright blue background

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Why we should be better about talking about death, with Dr Helen Gittos. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A battle taking place in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Medieval

Making a historically accurate videogame: how Warhorse took on the task in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

A tank crossing trenches at the battle of Cabrai during the First World War.

First World War

The First World War’s deadliest battle was stalling, but everything changed when Little Willie arrived

Grave of a fallen soldier in World War I

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“Their name liveth for evermore”: the difficult task of locating, identifying and honouring the dead of WW1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anna Whitelock's Talking PointsFriends or enemies?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anna Whitelock's Talking PointsA history of violence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A historical photo of soldiers landing on a beach is combined with an overlaid weather map featuring contour lines, grids, and numerical data. The composite blends a military scene with meteorological information.

Second World War

Is Pressure a true story? Here’s the real history behind the D-Day drama

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Anna Whitelock's Talking PointsFoundational stories. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anna Whitelock's Talking PointsPlot twists. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The capture of the pirate Blackbeard, 1718. Painting by JLG Ferris. One of history’s most notorious pirates, Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach almost certainly had a West Country twang because he was born in Bristol in around 1680. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Stuart

Q&ADid most English pirates really talk with a West Country accent?

On This Day

4 June

A black and white photograph of three men in military uniform. The man in the middle, is holding his arm out pointing to something in the distance and to his left, is a man using binoculars

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The Stalingrad of Africa: the story of the battle for Tunis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A German soldier seeks cover from the Soviet artillery fire in a field. In the background, smoke rises from the hitting grenades. (Photo by Alamy)

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Operation Bagration 1944: the perfect victory on the Eastern Front. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of folk figure Dick Whittington

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Dick Whittington, the Loch Ness Monster and a talking mongoose: 8 mythical figures of British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill and Winston the Platypus

Second World War

Winston and the platypus: how a bizarre WW2 diplomacy mission to influence Churchill ended in death and tragedy

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D-Day: the spearhead of the invasion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Week threeDeceiving the Nazis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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27 October

A dummy Bofors gun and crew in north Africa – among the ploys used to deceive Axis intelligence about the true location of massed Allied forces before the battle of El Alamein. (Photo by Alamy)

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Dudley Clarke: the spy who hoodwinked Hitler. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Allied troops hide from enemy shelling during the battle of Caen. The town was finally captured after several weeks of intensive fighting. The white markings on their shoulders were later added to the photograph by a censor to hide the name of the battalion. (Photo by Hulton-Deutsch/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images)

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The battle for Normandy: what happened after D-Day?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Meux & Co. brewery on Tottenham Court Road in c1830

Georgian

The London Beer Flood of 1814: what happened in the deadly tragedy?

Japanese troops and tanks cross a makeshift bridge during the invasion of Burma in 1942, passing an overturned British vehicle.

Second World War

This was one of the most brutal battles of WW2 – so why have you never heard of it?

A high‑ranking military officer in a dark uniform and cap stands outdoors, with a blurred field and trees behind them.

Second World War

Who was the real Dwight D Eisenhower of Pressure?

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20 May

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