Military history

Former Soviet Colonel Stanislav Petrov at his home in 2004.

The Soviet soldier who saved the world: how did Stanislav Petrov prevent nuclear Armageddon?

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A 19th-century painting of Oliver Cromwell and the New Model Army storming Basing House in 1645 (Photo by Artepics/Alamy Stock Photo)

The siege of Basing House: how the Civil War was won . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Congo, Cold War & CIA plotting: the 1961 assassination that shook Africa

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Video podcast The Iranian embassy siege: an SAS hostage drama in London . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A Chinese tank nears the city of Lang Son in Vietnam, 1979 and (right) Chinese and Vietnamese ministers meet for talks, 1991. Rana Mitter highlights the role of diplomacy in bringing war between Vietnam and China to an end.

Historians debate: how do intractable conflicts come to an end? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Iranian embassy siege: an SAS hostage drama in London . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The 1943 battle of Kursk – and its present-day echoes . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Portrait of Oliver Cromwell

The Western Design: Oliver Cromwell’s disastrous campaign in the Caribbean . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcast The Battle of Megiddo: ancient Egypt’s greatest victory? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Women of the Greco-Persian Wars . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Crusader criminals: how the Holy Land became a hotbed of lawlessness . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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?

Henry Cavill as Gus March-Phillipps in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Second World War

Is The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare based on a true story? The audacious real history of Operation Postmaster

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Soldiers of the English infantry in France, running out of their trenches at the signal to assault.

The ultimate First World War quiz . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A silhouette of troops of the 1st Australian Division during the First World War.

First World War

Quiz How much do you know about WW1?