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American athlete Alvin Kraenzlein pioneered the now-universal modern technique for hurdling – and claimed four golds. (Photo by Getty Images)

The madcap Paris Olympics: the chaos that nearly derailed the 1900 Games . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Laura Berlin as Emma of Normandy in season 3 of Vikings: Valhalla

Emma of Normandy: not just a two-time queen consort of England

Portrait of Catherine de Medici, also known as the Serpent Queen

Catherine de Medici The life, death and legacy of the 'Serpent Queen'

Polish-born chemist Marie Curie

First World War

Marie Curie: a guide to the scientist’s life, achievements and legacy

Photographs of some of the victims of the 1944 Nazi massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane

Second World War

Oradour-sur-Glane massacre: the brutal SS atrocity that still haunts France

Map showing departure points for British troops ahead of the Normandy Landings on D-Day

Second World War

D-Day beaches map: where were the D-Day landings?

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Memorial to the U.S. Navy at Utah Beach, where it fought on D-Day in Normandy, France

From the USA’s ‘good war’ to Britain’s ‘great hurrah’: how is D-Day remembered around the world? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) approaches Omaha Beach, Normandy on D-Day (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

“Hitler slept through D-Day”, plus four other facts about the Normandy Landings you might not know… . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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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 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Simon Ward as the Duke of Buckingham and Faye Dunaway as Milady de Winter in the 1973 film 'The Three Musketeers', 1973

The mystery of the ‘real’ Milady de Winter of The Three Musketeers

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Vod Julian Jackson WL

Video podcast Marshal Pétain: Vichy France in the dock . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Vod Robert Darnton WL

Video podcast The dangerous road to the Bastille . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A painting of Napoleon.

The many faces of Napoleon . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The marriage of Napoleon Bonaparte to Habsburg Archduchess Marie-Louise

Napoleon’s other wife: who was Habsburg Archduchess Marie-Louise?

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This illustration depicts six of Calais’ richest citizens pleading for their lives.

Medieval Stalingrad: why the siege of Calais was so critical in the Hundred Years’ War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.