Buzz Aldrin Poses next To The U.S. flag On Moon

American history

Pearl HarborEpisode 2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The battleship USS California following the attack at Pearl Harbor

Second World War

Pearl Harbor: 12 facts about the surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet

A gathering storm: why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in 1941?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Josephine Baker lounges on a tiger skin around the time she starred in La Revue Nègre

Singer, siren, activist, spy: the incredible life of Josephine Baker. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shoppers in Liverpool during the 1960s

Q&AWhy is the shopping day after Thanksgiving called ‘Black Friday’?

Q&AWhat and when is the National Day of Mourning in the United States?

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 5: Satanic sabbaths and supernatural sins. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Zazie Beetz and Jonathan Majors in the Netflix film The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall: the real cowboys who inspired the black Western

A scene from the Salem witch trials, depicted in a 19th-century lithograph. How two girls’ accusations of witchcraft escalated into one of the darkest episodes in early American history has long puzzled historians. (Image by Alamy)

When the devil stalked Salem: the story of the Salem witch trials

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 4: The pervasive power of puritanism. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A axe stuck in a piece of wood

General Early Modern

Q&AWhy do we say 'bury the hatchet'?

George III: the tyrant who lost America?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait from the 18th century of King George III wearing his coronation robes

George III: why his reputation as the mad king who lost America needs to be re-evaluated. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 12-year-old boy with a large bruise on his face ‘pulls threads’ in a New York sweatshop

The 19th-century slums of New York

Two Hitler Youth who have surrendered to Allied Forces, Germany, 1945. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

First World War

Innocence under fire: how children were used in warfare of the past

A plane crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center

9/11: Twenty years on. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

US secretary of state William Seward (seated left) signs the agreement to buy Alaska from Russia in 1867

America’s hidden empire: the USA's forgotten imperial expansion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Statue of Liberty against a blue sky

Q&AWas the Statue of Liberty designed specifically for the United States?

Soldiers disembark a landing craft with a battle on the beach beyond

How to win a 20th-century battle

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John F Kennedy with US Army officials during the Cuban missile crisis

“We are eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked”: how the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What’s next for period drama?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Theodore Roosevelt visiting a US army camp, c1918. (Photo by The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

The great American U-turn: from isolationism to WW1 combatants. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Witnesses to the Berlin Wall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.