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20th Century

The view through a crosshair in Sniper Elite V2. (Photo by Rebellion)

The best sniper videogames for history enthusiasts in 2025

Several men stand around a table in a submarine

Whiskey on the Rocks: the real story behind Soviet submarine S-363’s Cold War grounding

Entrance to the German concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.

Second World War

The liberation of Auschwitz: 80 years on

Murder in WW2 London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British TV history: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Adolf Hitler Saluting

The history of the Hitler salute, from its dubious Roman origins to its use by the far right

Lilian Lenton, collage by Rachel Dickens

Lilian Lenton, the 'Elusive Pimpernel': the courageous and daring suffragette who took direct action. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Inside the mind of the Third Reich. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of King George V's funeral

The death of King George V – and why his doctor hastened his demise

An illustration of Vikings sailing on a longship across the Atlantic

General History

Who owns Greenland? Why the island's history is more complicated than you think

US president Jimmy Carter stands at a lecturn in front of the US flag

Jimmy Carter: a moral man but a diffident president

Supplies train for the Russian transported during deportation to Siberia.

Nazino was Stalin’s worst labour gulag. Its inmates knew it by another name: Cannibal Island

Hotel Lux: the guesthouse of world revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Harold Wilson: the rock 'n' roll prime minister. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Paddy Mayne (left), a founding member of the SAS during WW2, and Jack O'Connell (right) who portrays Mayne in BBC drama SAS Rogue Heroes.

The real Paddy Mayne of SAS Rogue Heroes

Second World War

SAS Rogue HeroesThe true story behind the drama

St Paul's Cathedral photographed through the smoke after a night when the German air force bombed London

Second World War

"War's greatest picture"? Inside the night St Paul's Cathedral survived the Blitz

Portrait of Coch Bach y Bala

Who was ‘The Welsh Houdini’?Coch Bach y Bala, the legendary prison escape artist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Holy sites of multiple religions stud Jerusalem’s skyline, including the Dome of the Rock (Photo by KiyechkaSo/Shutterstock)

“I don’t underestimate how difficult it is to satisfy everybody” | Simon Sebag Montefiore on writing the history of Jerusalem. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lord Lucan and his wife Veronica, shortly after becoming engaged in 1963. It is thought that Lady Lucan was the intended target of the attack in 1974 (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Murder and vanishing without a trace: the mysterious case of Lord Lucan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Germany's postwar reinvention. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The murders at Rillington Place: postwar London's grisliest crimes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nelson & Winnie: inside the Mandelas' marriage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A mural in Bristol of activist Roy Hackett, one of the primary organisers of the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott (Photo by Steve Taylor ARPS/Alamy Stock Photo)

Hakim Adi | “Racism in Britain has a long history – but so does anti-racism”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri's hidden histories: "Many are turning against prejudice. But we cannot be complacent". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

One of the hostages of the Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980 escapes across the balcony (Photo by David Levenson/Keystone/Getty Images)

The Iranian Embassy siege of 1980: the six-day crisis that was the making of the SAS. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Joseph McCarthy: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Frozen Charlotte dolls: the Victorian Barbie

London crowds celebrating the signing of the armistice at the end of the First World War.

First World War

Armistice Day: what does it commemorate? Why are poppies worn? Plus 4 more things you need to know

Lord Lucan: the vanishing earl. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.