Military history

A wall mosaic of Picasso’s Guernica painting.

Q&A Why did Pablo Picasso paint Guernica?

The Spanish town of Guernica after the bombing by German and Italian aircraft, 1937. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Second World War

The bombing of Guernica: who was responsible?

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Pod Helen Parr WL

The Falklands War: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of the execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico by firing squad

The Siege of Querétaro: the downfall of Maximilian I of Mexico

CWAXKJ The Battle of Lepanto, the fleet of the Holy League destroys the Turkish fleet near Greece, October 7, 1571

Alternate history: what if the Ottomans had won at Lepanto?

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on the laws of war “Russian politicians and military figures behind the awful events unfolding in Ukraine will, one day, be brought to justice”

The coats of arms of the kingdoms of Scotland and France

Q&A How old is the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland?

An illustration of a Soviet warship inside a Pepsi bottle

Q&A Is it true that Pepsi briefly owned Soviet warships?

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Pod Ben Macintyr WL2

Second World War

Operation Mincemeat: WW2 espionage on film . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ben Macintryre is the author of Operation Mincemeat

Second World War

Ben Macintryre "I had never realised quite how close Operation Mincemeat came to disaster"

Winston Churchill discusses the invasion of Sicily with other senior Allied figures in 1943

Second World War

Operation Mincemeat: how a corpse duped Hitler

Atomic bomb damage in the city of Hiroshima, 1945

Second World War

Was the US justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War?

A photograph of a WW1 soldier and his pet thrush

First World War

How WW1 soldiers found hope in nature

Peter Caddick-Adams

Second World War

Peter Caddick-Adams on generals killed in battle “Russian general casualties in Ukraine today are significantly higher than the Allied commitment in WW2”

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Pod Kristina Spohr WL

Why the Ukraine conflict isn’t a new Cold War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.