Military history

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A silhouette of Roman soldiers against Hadrian's Wall

What was life like on Hadrian’s Wall? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on the history of neutrality “As many nations found to their cost in the 20th century, declaring neutrality and it being respected are two different matters” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Taylor Downing WL

1942: Churchill’s darkest hour . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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King George III (r1760–1820), seen here in his coronation robes, was mentally unfit to rule during the final decade of his life. (Image by Getty Images)

What if… George III hadn't 'lost' the colonies? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Mike Rapport WL

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

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Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on the Russia-Ukraine war “The language, tactics, and weapons hark back to the 1940s” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Molotov cocktails, Ukraine

Q&A What is a Molotov cocktail?

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Pod Simon Parkin WL

Britain’s WW2 island internment camp . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Illustration showing a scene from the Battle of Moore's Creek

The Highlanders of North Carolina & the battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Keith Lowe WL

Ukraine: the WW2 roots of today’s conflict . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, US President Bill Clinton, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and French President Jacques Chirac at the NATO Summit in May 1997

Nato, Russia, and the history of the post-WW2 tensions . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Two boys uncover a cache of food during Ukraine’s Holodomor famine, c1934

“Russia has always refused to let Ukraine go”: Keith Lowe on the long roots of today’s crisis . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Benjamin Carp WL

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

Russian civil war, 1919

General History

Russia-Ukraine crisis: 9 milestone moments in history that explain today’s invasion

German soldiers watch a farmhouse they have burned during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941

Second World War

The eastern front in WW2: how it all went wrong for the Germans