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Black and white image of island prison, taken from the sky

The battle of Alcatraz, 1946: the most violent escape attempt in the prison’s history

Photo of members of the Versailles Conference

First World War

Your guide to the Treaty of Versailles

Pearl HarborEpisode 4. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emma Dabiri“He dreamed a career that seemed impossible and made it a reality”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Animals in space: from Laika to jellyfish & tortoises. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood on James Bond“Bond’s role grew out of proportion to Britain’s standing in the world”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Schoolchildren in Liverpool have their Christmas party in an air raid shelter built into a railway arch

What was Christmas like in Britain during WW2?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soviet infantrymen charge in a counter offensive during the battle of Moscow, 1941.

The 1941 battle of Moscow: how successful was Operation Typhoon?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pearl Harbor aftermath: the fallout from the attack. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How US-Russian relations fractured in the 1990s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stuka dive bombers fly in formation over France in May 1940

Second World War

The making and breaking of the Luftwaffe

Winston Churchill (left) with Charles de Gaulle, c1944. The British prime minister encouraged Vichy’s colonies to rally to the Free French leader. (Getty Images)

Operation Ironclad: the WW2 battle for Madagascar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pearl HarborEpisode 3. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

A statue in Kiev showing a Ukrainian player defeating a Third Reich eagle symbol at the Start stadium's entrance

Q&ADid Nazis guards really play a 'death match' against a Ukrainian football team?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Unionist leader Edward Carson (centre) and colleagues visit Derry/Londonderry, September 1912 – the month when nearly half a million people signed a “Solemn League and Covenant” to resist home rule

Resolving the 'Irish Question': 5 key moments on the path to partition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Japanese photograph shows Mitsubishi dive bombers warming up on the deck of a carrier in the Pacific before their attack on Pearl Harbor in the early hours of 7 December 1941. (Photo by Corbis via Getty Images)

Second World War

'Britain’s Pearl Harbor': Japan's December 1941 attack on the British colony of Malaya

The Great Depression: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Searching for WW1’s fallen soldiers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pearl HarborEpisode 1. 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.

Stranger danger? Xenophobia’s unexpected history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How Shakespeare inspired terrorists. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How the Greeks changed the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A follower is reflected on a framed photograph of Bhimrao Ambedkar

Bhim Rao Ambedkar: India’s 'untouchable' hero. 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?

Woman waving a union jack flag emblazoned with a swastika

In pictures: Interwar fascism. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of Tunisian Jews are rounded up and marched through the streets of Tunis carrying shovels in December 1942

Holocaust in the Middle East. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A secret trial that transformed transgender rights. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.