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Brendan Simms photographed by Ian Farrell

Hitler’s war with Anglo-America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American business magnate JD Rockefeller sits at a desk

Q&AWho was the first billionaire?

US President John F Kennedy gives his first State of the Union address to Congress at the House of Representatives, Washington DC, 30 January 1961. Kennedy is one of eight presidents to have died during their term in office. (Photo by NASA/SSPL/Getty Images)

Q&AHow many US presidents died in office?

Native American leader Sitting Bull

History heroSteven Knight chooses Sitting Bull (1831–90). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

US soldiers in Vietnam

From the Napoleonic Wars to Vietnam and Iraq: a history of war trauma. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why black hair matters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

US infantrymen in snowdrifts

Second World War

Q&AWhy is Hitler's Ardennes campaign called the battle of the Bulge?

9 notable ambassadors in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stonewall and the fight for gay rights. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

NASA’s unknown Welsh hero: the story of Tecwyn Roberts

Kendrick Oliver explores the space race that led to the 1969 moon landing and considers the legacy of the momentous events of July 1969. (Photo by NASA/Newsmakers/Getty Images)

The race to the moon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Launch of the Apollo 16 mission, 1972. ((Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

The Space Race: The Cold War rivalry that put humans on the Moon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Back down to Earth: the legacy of the 1969 moon landing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Kate Hazell for BBC History Magazine.

From Churchill and Roosevelt to May and Trump: 75 years of the 'special relationship' between the US and the UK. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dornier 217 bombers of the Luftwaffe bomb London during the Battle of Britain. "The crucial role of the RAF in denying the Germans control of the air in 1940 and therefore persuading Hitler to abandon his invasion plans is so well known that it might seem almost sacrilegious to question it, " says Sean Lang. "But was it solely responsible for saving Britain from invasion? Not quite." (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

9 of the most overrated battles in history (and one underrated one). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charles I. (Photo by World History Archive/Alamy)

King killers in America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Revealed: the history of America’s national anthem

Out of the closets and into the streets: the legacy of the Stonewall Riots. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How wild was the Wild West?

My history heroTracy Austin chooses Arthur Ashe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

TravelExplore Nashville, Tennessee: the beating heart of the American south. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anna WhitelockConfronting slavery’s legacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

10 photographs that made history

To the point: soldiers prepare themselves for hand-to-hand combat by learning bayonet skills. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

The road to D-Day: the masterplan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Members of a British parachute regiment consult their maps during a training exercise just weeks before D-Day. Training was intensive – and dangerous. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post /Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The road to D-Day: getting ready for action. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

MK Ultra: the secrets of the CIA's mind-control programme. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charlton Hetson races a chariot in Ben-Hur

Wacky races: 10 weird and wonderful contests through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The first state visit by American President George W Bush in 2003 was highly controversial, attracting protesters opposed to the involvement of the United States and Britain in the Iraq War. Here the president is pictured with the Queen in 2008. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

From pageantry to controversy: a brief history of state visits. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Troops of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade (Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry Highlanders) going ashore, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. (Credit: Gilbert Alexander Milne/Canada. Dept. of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA-122765)

Second World War

“Free people everywhere should remember them”: the Canadians’ role in D-Day

Sergeant Stubby, an American dog who served as the mascot of America's 102nd Infantry Regiment during the First World War. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

First World War

Sergeant Stubby of the First World War: the heroic story of America’s most decorated war dog