Second World War

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History quiz – Vikings, mobile phones and the Varangian Guard . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Persuading the people: British propaganda in the Second World War

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The USS Arizona burning in Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack. To the left of her are USS Tennessee and the sunken USS West Virginia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

How did the rest of the world react to the attack on Pearl Harbor? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The attack on Pearl Harbor and physics through the ages . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Soviet science and feeding Britain at war . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sky covered by smoke from the first H-Bomb explosion at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific, 1 April 1954. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Winston Churchill: atomic warrior, nuclear peacemaker

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The wartime SAS and Hitler’s drug addiction . 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.

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Adolf Hitler (left) and his interpreter (centre) talking to Spanish leader Francisco Franco. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/US Army Signal Corps/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

The Library Hitler’s fury, Franco’s guile and the bribe that saved the world . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Churchill’s army: the wartime leader’s military track record examined

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Cold War summits . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Second World War

Anthropoid: behind the scenes with director Sean Ellis

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Douglas Bader in October 1940. “He was competitive, unruly, foolhardy – but also brilliant, brave and hugely talented,” says David Cameron. (Photo by Fg Off S A Devon/IWM via Getty Images)

My history hero: David Cameron chooses Douglas Bader (1910–82) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Passengers on board the Wilhelm Gustloff c1939 giving the Nazi salute shortly before leaving Tilbury Docks. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images)

The Library Holidays with Hitler