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This gallery of photographs tells the dramatic story of the Second World War (1939-45). The selection aims to reflect the global nature of... Read More

The battle for Objective Peach—a forgotten yet flawless feat of combined arms—opened the road to Baghdad and offers vital lessons... Read More

Labor leader Jimmy Hoffa vanished 50 years ago. What happened remains a mystery as Hoffa's legend has grown. There have been books and hit... Read More

822 years ago, on August 1st of 1203, crusaders looked on as an elderly blind man and his irresponsible son were crowned Roman Emperors in... Read More

Think you know Jeeps? Think again. Buckle up for the story of how Ford helped win World War II and create an automotive icon in the process. Read More

When Old Norse explorers reached North America, they made history. But their brief, violent encounter with its indigenous peoples shows how... Read More

Legendary for his cruelty, disloyalty, and tendency to stuff his own pockets, England's most hated monarch usurped his way to power,... Read More

How a tough edit improved the Declaration of Independence Read More

Court-martialled in absentia on 2 August 1940, the Vichy regime confiscated de Gaulle’s property and condemned him to death. Read More

A man of the people, the artist put his money where his mouth was by visiting prisons around the country and performing the song Read More

The F1 champion Niki Lauda had a near-fatal accident in Germany in August 1976. After defying all expectations, he told the BBC in 1977 how... Read More

Full-service stations enlisted government to block you from pumping your own gas, protecting their profits at the expense of consumers and... Read More

Novelist of global political thrillers Frederick Forsyth died recently. He was best known for The Day of the... Read More

Marketing gimmicks pushed the shopping cart into supermarkets. Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

We're between issues of Ancient Warfare magazine, so in this episode the team takes the opportunity to discuss some of the major... Read More

When we think of early American champions of religious liberty, one name often rises above the rest: Roger Williams. Read More

The Fifth Amendment. You have the right to remain silent when you're being questioned in police custody, thanks to the Fifth's protection... Read More

Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the most famous fictional character in the world, and for good reason. More than a hundred years on, Arthur Conan... Read More

A clear-eyed account of a difficult, complex man and his self-inflicted fall from grace Read More

The new documentary sheds light on the enduring scars of survivors of the atomic bombings of World War II. Read More

In 1942, using forced labour, the Japanese began building a 415km train track through heavy jungle, to link the town of Ban Pong in Thailand... Read More

The health dangers of asbestos were already well known, but it took a David and Goliath legal battle to hold the mining industry accountable. Read More

The rise of the Industrial Age combined with American ingenuity to form special units during the Civil War. Such units as the horse... Read More

World War II veteran Earl Shaffer set off in 1948. Read More

As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for... Read More

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Read More

A museum ethics expert has been in Derby to discuss why people go and visit mummified remains. Read More

Here are a few of its most incredible, unexpected, and otherwise historic jewels. Read More

How a tough edit improved the Declaration of Independence Read More

The military has played many different roles throughout the U.S. Postal Service’s history. Read More

The two-month patrol stopped supposedly “suspicious” individuals from crossing into California from other states. But its... Read More

George Lunn, socialist mayor of Schenectady, New York rose to power in 1911 by making a difference in people's lives. Read More

The book visited D.C. 100 years ago, and the Croatian man was a sensation. Then he and his book were forgotten. Read More

Whistling on a ship was taboo in the 18th century as it was believed to stir the winds. Read More

The momentous final days of Maximilien Robespierre are well documented. Yet many of the established ‘facts’ about the... Read More

At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life like?... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More