The charge of the light, battle illustration

Military history

The hydroelectric power plants at Niagara Falls, seen in 1890, would have been a key target for the US in War Plan Red (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

War Plan Red: The secret US plan for war with Britain via Canada

The rise of the Nazi party | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture.

The road to power | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture.

Nazis in the 1930s | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture.

Entrance to the German concentration camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland.

The liberation of Auschwitz: 80 years on.

“The reverberations lasted for generations” | Matthew Gabriele and David M Perry on the civil war of Charlemagne's grandsons.

A hill to die on: why the Allies almost failed in the battle of Monte Cassino in WW2.

Inside the mind of the Third Reich.

Paddy Mayne (left), a founding member of the SAS during WW2, and Jack O'Connell (right) who portrays Mayne in BBC drama SAS Rogue Heroes.

The real Paddy Mayne of SAS Rogue Heroes

Second World War

SAS Rogue HeroesThe true story behind the drama

St Paul's Cathedral photographed through the smoke after a night when the German air force bombed London

Second World War

"War's greatest picture"? Inside the night St Paul's Cathedral survived the Blitz

Jack O'Connell as Paddy Mayne in SAS Rogue Heroes season 2

Second World War

SAS Rogue Heroes season 2 preview: "They’re very much thumbing their noses at authority"

Women in WW2 army uniform march in front of an airplane

Second World War

Is The Six Triple Eight a true story? The real WW2 history, as told by the movie’s historical consultant

Germany's postwar reinvention.

Leper Crusaders: how disease-stricken knights forged an army in the Holy Land.

One of the hostages of the Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980 escapes across the balcony (Photo by David Levenson/Keystone/Getty Images)

The Iranian Embassy siege of 1980: the six-day crisis that was the making of the SAS.

Nelson: a life of heroism and scandal.

London crowds celebrating the signing of the armistice at the end of the First World War.

First World War

Armistice Day: what does it commemorate? Why are poppies worn? Plus 4 more things you need to know

Video podcastHow Stalin won WW2.

The Blitz: everything you wanted to know.

Tyrant, Usurper, Hero | 3. Henry V: hero.

Tyrant, Usurper, Hero | 2. Henry IV: usurper.

Video podcastDismemberment & disgrace: the grisly fate of Simon de Montfort.

The Korean War: everything you wanted to know.

Croydon Aerodome, pictured in 1926. Two years earlier, Matthews’ threat to sell his ‘Death Ray’ to a French party had sparked a dash to this airfield by investors determined to stop him. (Photo by Getty Images)

Amazing livesHarry Grindell Matthews: the strangely inventive mind behind the aerophone and Death Ray.

Why did people kill for Hitler?.

Kingdom Come Deliverance: Two medieval soldiers figthing

Best medieval videogames for history enthusiasts in 2025

Former Soviet Colonel Stanislav Petrov at his home in 2004.

The Soviet soldier who saved the world: how did Stanislav Petrov prevent nuclear Armageddon?

A 19th-century painting of Oliver Cromwell and the New Model Army storming Basing House in 1645 (Photo by Artepics/Alamy Stock Photo)

The siege of Basing House: how the Civil War was won.

Congo, Cold War & CIA plotting: the 1961 assassination that shook Africa