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Members of the Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill LNER (London and North Eastern Railway) LDV (Local Defence Volunteers) dressed in their civilian clothes march along a platform passing a steam locomotive on 1 July 1940 in London. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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The Dad’s Army guide to defending Britain

A flight of Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft of No 73 Squadron RAF, over France, 19 April 1940. (Photo by S. A. Devon/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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How the RAF won the war

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The mystery of Donald Maclean . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Parisians man the barricades in the 2012 film production of the Victor Hugo classic Les Misérables, a work inspired by the June Rebellion of 1832. (Rex)
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8 historical events that happened in June

Reinhard Heydrich’s brutality was shocking, even by Nazi standards. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
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Killing Hitler’s hangman: the dramatic story of Reinhard Heydrich’s assassination

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The remarkable history of the Netherlands . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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An archive photo of the Bevin Boys. The name was given to the conscripted workforce that provided Britain with coal during the Second World War. (Courtesy of Mining Art Gallery, Bishop Auckland)
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5 facts about the Bevin Boys

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The Special Operations Executive: Churchill’s secret army

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Hitler meets members of the Reich Labour Service. (Photo by AKG)
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Q&A: Are any laws made by the Nazi regime still in use?

Adolf Hitler in uniform. (Bettmann/Getty Images)
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The Third Reich’s nuclear programme: Churchill’s greatest wartime fear