The charge of the light, battle illustration

Military history

Stalingrad: WW2's greatest battles.

David Lloyd George: life of the week.

Battle of Britain: WW2's greatest battles.

A black and white photo of Thomas Boston Corbett in front of a blurred drawing of the killing of John Wilkes Booth

Thomas ‘Boston’ Corbett: the man who killed Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth

The neutral USA entered World War II only when a Japanese fleet launched a big surprise air raid against its Pacific naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on 7 December 1941. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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When and why did the US get involved in WW2?

A statue of Thutmosis III

Ancient armageddon: the battle of Megiddo that led to the rise of a great warrior-pharaoh.

History Behind the Headlines: the Bengal famine.

Is the Eastern Front the forgotten theatre of World War One?.

Hell in Italy: the Allies' hardest fight of WW2?.

My history heroAnthony Horowitz chooses Colin Gubbins.

Barry Keoghan as Kurt Biddick in Masters of the Air

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Masters of the Air release schedule

WW1's eastern front: everything you wanted to know.

Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Britain's most extraordinary pilot.

British Redcoats: everything you wanted to know.

The West's attempt to crush Bolshevik Russia.

A portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, popularly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie

Your guide to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Rebellion, plus 10 facts you might not know

The Roman army: everything you wanted to know.

A warship explodes against a starry backdrop

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Did the US know that Pearl Harbor would be attacked? The real history that debunks the conspiracy

Regency Masterclass, with Dr Lizzie Rogers.

Nate Mann as Robert 'Rosie' Rosenthal in Apple TV+ WW2 drama Masters of the Air

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The real Robert Rosenthal: who was Rosie in Masters of the Air?

French Resistance fighters sabotaging the Marseille-Paris railway in Romanèche (Saône-et-Loire), on August 30, 1944.

The French resistance during the Second World War.

Masters of the Air. (Photo by Apple TV+)

OpinionWW2 drama Masters of the Air perpetuates America’s myth of the Good War.

Austin Butler as Major Gale Cleven in Apple TV+ WW2 drama Masters of the Air

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The real Gale Cleven: who was Buck in Masters of the Air?

Callum Turner as Major John C Egan in Apple TV+ WW2 drama Masters of the Air

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The real John Egan: who was Bucky in Masters of the Air?

Callum Turner as John Egan and Austin Butler as Gale Cleven in Masters of the Air

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Masters of the Air real history: the true story of the ‘Bloody Hundredth’

Video podcastAztec warfare.

VideoWar and conflict.

A fight between two Gladiators, in mosaic

What were the lives of gladiators like in ancient Rome?.

Illustatration of the siege of Syracuse, showing Archimedes' cranes used to destroy Roman ships

The siege of Syracuse: how Archimedes took on the Romans.

Allies in retreat from Austerlitz

Austerlitz: how Napoleon crushed the Austro-Russian army