20th Century

Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain as dictator from 1939 to 1975, raises his arm in salute

Francisco Franco: is it accurate to call the Spanish dictator a fascist?

People gather around the Mona Lisa painting after its return in January 1914

Mona Lisa heist: how do you steal the world’s most famous painting?

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The eyes of American actress Gene Tierney. (Photo via John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images)

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

The then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump taking part in the final presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, 19 October 2016. Trump repeatedly claimed that the election was “rigged” against him. (Photo by Joe Raedle/AFP/Getty Images)

A brief history of election “rigging” in the United States

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Male and female militia fighters on the march at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, July 1936. (Photo by Getty Images)

The Spanish Civil War: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Historian Peter Caddick-Adams

Exclusive podcast Peter Caddick Adams on whether D-Day could have failed . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hiroshima.

Second World War

The end of WW2: 5 articles you can read right now

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall: everything you need to know

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Afrikaners with a Nordenfeld-Maxim field gun at Mafeking during the Second Boer War, 1900. (Photo by Getty Images)

Authors in the Boer War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Documents that changed the world . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait by Sherril Schell of British poet Rupert Brooke. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

First World War

WW1 poets 5 famous figures you should know about

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler reviews storm troopers

Second World War

How did the Nazi party rise to power in Germany in 1933? And what were Hitler’s motivations?

National guardsmen confront confront citizens during Chicago's race riots

Red summer of 1919: the history of Chicago’s race riots

Egyptian ships sunk at the entrance of the Suez Canal at Port Said

Your guide to... the Suez Crisis

The Suez canal

How significant was the Suez Crisis?