First World War

The Prince of Wales loading a rifle in the Grenadiers, First World War, 1914. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Edward VIII: How war scarred the playboy prince

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Money, love and revenge: the motivations of spies through history

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Medieval manuscripts and the First World War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Engraving of Henry VIII, king of England (Photo by Getty)

History quiz – holidays and Henry VIII . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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America in World War One and a naval tragedy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps find another use for discarded helmets in France during the First World War. (Alamy)

Female Tommies: women in the First World War

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In pictures: Zeppelin raids on First World War Britain

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War: the locomotive of history?

British & African Steam Navigation Company postcard showing the Mendi.

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“We die like brothers”: The sinking of the SS Mendi

Martin Luther King (centre) rides the Montgomery bus with Rev Glenn Smiley of Texas. (Getty Images)

The Library What was history’s most dramatic year?

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What is the origin of the phrase ‘to blow smoke up someone’s arse’?

Photograph of Vladimir Lenin, 1901. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Books interview with Catherine Merridale: “This was the most important railway journey made in the 20th century”

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History quiz – Chaucer, sailors and the Civil War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Reporting from war zones . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The London & North Western Railway locomotive Jeanie Deans picking up water at Bushey Troughs, 1899. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

Europe’s century of peace and progress