Military history

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Pod Helen Parr WL

The Falklands War: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A depiction of the execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico by firing squad

The Siege of Querétaro: the downfall of Maximilian I of Mexico . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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CWAXKJ The Battle of Lepanto, the fleet of the Holy League destroys the Turkish fleet near Greece, October 7, 1571

What if... The Ottomans had won at Lepanto in 1571? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on the laws of war “Russian politicians and military figures behind the awful events unfolding in Ukraine will, one day, be brought to justice” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The coats of arms of the kingdoms of Scotland and France

Q&A How old is the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland?

An illustration of a Soviet warship inside a Pepsi bottle

Q&A Is it true that Pepsi briefly owned Soviet warships?

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Pod Ben Macintyr WL2

Operation Mincemeat: WW2 espionage on film . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ben Macintryre is the author of Operation Mincemeat

Ben Macintryre "I had never realised quite how close Operation Mincemeat came to disaster" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill discusses the invasion of Sicily with other senior Allied figures in 1943

Second World War

Operation Mincemeat: how a corpse duped Hitler

Atomic bomb damage in the city of Hiroshima, 1945

Second World War

Was the US justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War?

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A photograph of a WW1 soldier and his pet thrush

How WW1 soldiers found hope in nature . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on generals killed in battle “Russian general casualties in Ukraine today are significantly higher than the Allied commitment in WW2” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Kristina Spohr WL

Why the Ukraine conflict isn’t a new Cold War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British soldiers lie on the floor an gumpoint during the Falklands War, guarded by Argentine soldiers

The Falklands War: why did it happen?

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United States and Nato flags fly above US Air Force fighter jets in Lithuania

Is the future of Nato under threat? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.