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Allies in retreat from Austerlitz

Austerlitz: how Napoleon crushed the Austro-Russian army

British infantry shelter in trenches

First World War

Trench tactics: how was war fought in the WW1 trenches?

Soldiers in First World War uniform eat in the trenches

First World War

Life in the trenches during WWI: your essential guide

An illustration showing the court of Ottoman sultan Selim III, featuring men in a courtyard and the seated sultan.

What was the global impact of the Napoleonic Wars?

Napoleon leaving the Lobau after the defeat at the battle of Aspern, 1845. Private Collection. Artist : Perger, Anton Ritter von (1809-1876). (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Napoleonic Wars timeline: the key dates you need to know

A portrait of the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) during the Napoleonic Wars. Although Waterloo was

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Napoleonic Wars

The taking of Jerusalem by the Crusader

The First Crusade: your ultimate guide

Julius Caesar meets Cleopatra in this 18th-century painting

Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony: how the last pharaoh’s love affairs shaped Ancient Egypt’s fate

A depiction of Queen Cleopatra, c50 BC

Who was Cleopatra? Her life, her love affairs and her children, plus 6 little-known facts

Composite image of depictions of Queen Cleopatra

The face of Cleopatra: what did she look like, and was she really so beautiful?

Queen Victoria

Assassinating Queen Victoria: the men who attempted to murder the monarch

A composite image showing an astronaut on the moon against a purple sky.

Conspiracy Did NASA fake the Moon landing?

Conspiracy WL Anastasia

Conspiracy Did Anastasia survive the massacre of the Romanovs?

A montage of Adolf Hitler and a purple starry sky

Second World War

Conspiracy Did Hitler escape from his bunker and live in Argentina after WW2?

Ancient Egyptian pyramids against a purple starry sky

Conspiracy Were the pyramids built by aliens?