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Russian civil war, 1919
General History

Russia-Ukraine crisis: 9 milestone moments in history that explain today’s invasion

German soldiers watch a farmhouse they have burned during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941
Second World War

The eastern front in WW2: how it all went wrong for the Germans

A lithograph depicts French forces landing at Carregwastad on 22 February 1797. (Image by Wikimedia Commons)
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The battle of Fishguard: the last invasion of mainland Britain

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Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark and the first Viking king of England
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How Sweyn Forkbeard became the first Viking king of England

Painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie
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Bonnie Prince Charlie: Scottish superhero or Italian coward?

Soldiers from Mao Zedong’s Red Army assemble in Yan’an, Shaanxi province, 1936 (Photo by Getty)
20th Century

The Chinese Civil War: a guide to the conflict and the rise of Mao Zedong

The Immortals shown holding long spears on a frieze from the palace of Darius the Great
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The Persian Immortals: the feared elite guard of the Achaemenid empire

A depiction of the French and Indian War, with George Washington on horseback
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A guide to the Seven Years’ War

Residents of Palermo, Sicily, line the streets to greet the American Sherman tanks after the town had surrendered to the Allies
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The battle for Sicily: breaking into Fortress Europe

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Sketch of the battle of Blore Heath, howing the final disastrous charge of the Lancastrians
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9 battles that shaped the Wars of the Roses – from St Albans to Tewkesbury

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The massacre at Wounded Knee: why did the US Army attack the Lakota Sioux?

The 1993 film ‘Schindler’s List’. (AF Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)
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7 must-see WW2 films, from Schindler’s List to Letters from Iwo Jima

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