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Second World War

Tobruk: 8 facts about the WW2 confrontation in North Africa

The Cold War battle for Berlin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From left to right: Queen Isabella of Castile; French regent Anne de Beaujeu; and Catherine of Aragon. (Photos by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/DeAgostini/Imagno/Getty Images)

Game of Queens: when women ruled Renaissance Europe

The history and mystery of UFOs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Joseph Bazalgette, a civil engineer who planned a groundbreaking new drainage system to serve London

Joseph Bazalgette: how the man who transformed London paved the way for your loo

Everything you wanted to know about Canadian history

Canadian history: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Japanese Americans in World War Two | Daniel James Brown podcast

Forgotten heroes: Japanese Americans in World War Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edward II during the coronation ceremony with Queen Isabella in Westminster Abbey.

QuizHow much do you know about medieval kings and queens?

The trials of Ethel Rosenberg. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Henry VII, the first Tudor king of England, by Michiel Sittow. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Medieval monarchy timeline: from the Norman Conquest to the Tudors

Eleanor of Woodstock, eldest daughter of Edward II, whom you can read more about in the April 2019 issue of BBC History Magazine. Medieval princesses had more agency than we might think says historian Kelcey Wilson-Lee. (Image by Alamy)

7 things you didn’t know a medieval princess could do

Anne Neville was queen consort of Richard III, the last Yorkist king of England

Anne Neville: wife of Richard III, daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker, and a modern enigma

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Plantagenets

Q&AWhat are the origins of the word ‘shoddy’?

Kurdish fighters in north-west Iran, 1918

The history of the Kurds in Iraq: "the largest people never to have achieved statehood". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Eleanor of Aquitaine depicted in a 12th-century prayer book

The real Eleanor of Aquitaine: 5 myths about the medieval queen

Pregnant woman before giving birth in the 13th century

16 things you (probably) didn't know about the rituals behind royal births, from the medieval era to the present day

Socialite, countess, WW2 spy: Aline Griffith. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard I on a Chertsey tile

Does Richard I deserve his reputation as a martial genius?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to be a medieval queen: the realities of being a royal woman in the Middle Ages

A 20th-century fresco 'Plucking the Red and White Roses in the Old Temple Gardens' by Henry Payne. It depicts a scene by Shakespeare, showing Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset being challenged by Richard, 3rd Duke of York to choose between the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster. (Photo by Artefact / Alamy Stock Photo)

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about the houses of Lancaster and York. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fred Perry in action in the Wimbledon final in 1936. (Photo by Getty Images)

Fred Perry: the icon and the outcast. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A drag queen applies lipstick in this 1959 photograph

Q&AWho was the first person to call themselves a ‘drag queen’?

Brothers in arms Louis IX on his way to the Seventh Crusade, 1248. The French king kept his three brothers onside – preventing any potential family infighting – by providing them with huge lordships. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

How to run a medieval dynasty: survival secrets of ruling royal families. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Murder: a legal history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury Docks

Bound for Britain: your guide to the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush

Edward I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Reassessing Edward I: battle-hungry aggressor or dutiful conqueror?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The untold story of India’s WW2 prisoners of war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Matilda (circa 1031-1083) was Queen Consort of William the Conqueror. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

Norman women: the power behind the thrones. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The merits of meritocracy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.