20th Century

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The feared WW2 German battleship 'Bismarck', May 1941. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Tulsa race massacre: A man surveys the wreckage of homes in the Oklahoma city of Tulsa, June 1921. Two days of racist violence and destruction left what had been one of the United States’ wealthiest black communities in ruins

The 1921 Tulsa race massacre: the worst single incident of racial violence in US history

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Steven Johnson explores innovations in science and public health that have led to huge increases in life expectancy.

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The crew of SMS King in its home port following the battle of the Skagerrak, June 1916. (Photo by A Renard/ullstein image via Getty Images)

First World War

Jutland: the battle that won the First World War

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Second World War

Your guide to Alan Turing: the man, the enigma

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Ralph Hope reveals how officers of the notorious East German security service sought to reinvent themselves after the fall of the Berlin Wall

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US NATO Army on training in Germany

Able Archer 83: the Nato war-game that nearly spelled nuclear disaster

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Your guide to apartheid in South Africa . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Mark Evans charts the history of Coventry’s pioneering car industry, from the turn of the 20th century until the present day. (Image by Getty Images)

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Italian prisoners of war being escorted under armed guard to work on a farm, September 1941. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Second World War

Prisoners of war in Britain during WW2: where were they held?

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Ayanna Thompson discusses the history of blackface – a story spanning William Shakespeare, US race relations and Dartmoor Prison. (Image by Getty Images)

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Once allies, Adolf Hitler and Ernst Röhm (sitting to his left) had a colossal falling out over ideology

The Night of the Long Knives: the bloody purge that secured Hitler’s power