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In 1977, the BBC looked back at the summer of 1944, when Allied agents spirited away pieces of Hitler's "wonder weapon" – by hiding them in... Read More

Morocco and Algeria have been at odds for decades, chiefly over the territory of Western Sahara. But their rivalry now extends far beyond the... Read More

The Election of 1864 was one of the most important United States presidential elections of the 19th century. Read More

During the 1944 Cowra breakout, over 900 prisoners attempted to escape from an Allied camp in Australia. The uprising resulted in the deaths... Read More

From 912 to 609 B.C., this ancient superpower became the largest empire the ancient Near East had ever seen. Read More

When the dying teenage king Edward VI rewrote the royal succession in his own hand, he tried to overturn his father's wishes, disinherit both... Read More

Ruthless and determined, King Kamehameha eventually extended his rule from Hawaii to the other islands in the Pacific chain. Read More

The medieval court of William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, was known as a ‘brothel of male prostitutes’. Read More

Thousands of people in Spokane, Washington, have been plagued by historic flames this week, as the event steadily builds a case for some of... Read More

Wendell Willkie’s case against the New Deal Read More

In the age of AI we are once again hearing about Luddites, the 19th-century textile workers who sought to protect their livelihoods in early... Read More

Water levels on the Danube River have dropped so low that dozens of World War II German battleships – and even the remains of an... Read More

Braucherei followers have passed down their rituals and charms in relative secrecy for hundreds of years. But as social media fuels a... Read More

Generating a great number of conspiracies is the idea that William Shakespeare did not, in fact, write his own plays! Read More

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

Join Greg and his guests in Victorian England to learn all about Francis Galton. Read More

Monopoly is one of the best-selling board games of all time. It heralds free market economics and celebrates the American dream. That's a far... Read More

Meet Diades, Alexander the Great’s overlooked military engineer, the man who made the impossible siege of Tyre happen.Tristan Hughes... Read More

Join Mary Beth Norton for an exploration and reflection of the Declaration of Independence as American Scripture. Read More

This brilliant account of attempts by the old guard to take back control captures the ludicrousness of it all beautifully Read More

Life for settlers in the American West was tough, yet there was friendship and a sense of community too, at least according to Little House... Read More

Your favorite period piece, onscreen. Read More

What the TV drama reveals about Britain’s deadliest terror attack Read More

The birth of the United States is often taught as a neat sequence of political philosophies, iron-willed generals, and decisive musket... Read More

From power to exile and back again, Arsinoe II had one of the most prosperous reigns of Ptolemaic Egypt. Read More

The short-lived English colony of Willoughbyland, in what is now Suriname, was both verdant and dangerous. In the end, it was exchanged for... Read More

Thaddeus Lowe and his Union Army Balloon Corps pioneered aerial reconnaissance over some of the first battlefields of the American Civil War. Read More

Kamikaze or Tokkō (short for Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, "Special Attack Units") was Japan's organized campaign of deliberate suicide attacks... Read More

Guides like Daniel Boone and Kit Carson used hard-won knowledge of the land to lead explorers, settlers and soldiers into unfamiliar... Read More

Harding was a courageous Republican who dared to stand up to racism and populism. People today tend to dislike him for one or the other. Read More

From Tudor welfare claims to modern PIP assessments, disabled people have long faced suspicion and bureaucracy. Read More

A North Dakotan's dream of being a pilot ended during World War II after he was shot down in Austria, and forced to become a prisoner of war. Read More

Wendell Willkie’s case against the New Deal Read More

So long, Glastonbury. A trip to the joust is fast becoming a British summer staple Read More

When the Dutch East India Company’s flagship “Batavia” sank in 1629, it went down with large, carved sandstone blocks in... Read More

In the 1930s, as Harlan County, Kentucky, erupted into one of the most violent labor conflicts in American history, a quiet reality was... Read More

Ask the average political observer to explain the history of modern American parties, and you will usually get a clean, retroactively curated... Read More

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