Military history

An Indian soldier, emaciated after internment by the Japanese, aboard the British hospital ship 'Oxfordshire' in 1945 (Keystone/Getty Images)

The untold story of India’s WW2 prisoners of war

French cuirassiers charging a British infantry square at the battle of Waterloo, 1815 (1906). From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. V. (Cassell and Company Limited, London, Paris, New York, Melbourne). Artist P Jazet. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

How the French won the battle of Waterloo (or think they did)

The battle of Stoke Field – German mercenary Martin Schwarz made a famous last stand in the thick of the fighting even as other elements of the rebel army turned and fled

The battle of Stoke Field, 1487 – the real last battle of the Wars of the Roses

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Leah Garrett tells the story of X-troop, a group of Jewish commandos who became one of Britain’s most potent weapons against the Nazis. (Image by Getty Images)

Britain’s secret Jewish commandos . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bodiam Castle. (Getty Images)

How to build a medieval castle: 9 top tips

Henry I proclaims Matilda as his heir

Your guide to the Anarchy, the bloody battle between Stephen and Matilda

The German battleship Bismarck of the German Kriegsmarine during early World War II

Second World War

Bismarck: why was the WW2 German battleship so feared? Plus 9 things you didn’t know about its only mission

US NATO Army on training in Germany

Able Archer 83: the Nato war-game that nearly spelled nuclear disaster

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Entrance to Lincoln Castle. (Dreamstime)

Lincoln: the battle that gave birth to medieval England . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Italian prisoners of war being escorted under armed guard to work on a farm, September 1941. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Second World War

Prisoners of war in Britain during WW2: where were they held?

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Professor Michael Wert responds to listener questions and online search queries about the samurai of feudal Japan. (Image by Getty Images)

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

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Portrait of Sarah Gristwood for BBC History Magazine

History explorer: Tewkesbury Abbey and four more places linked to the Wars of the Roses . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Once allies, Adolf Hitler and Ernst Röhm (sitting to his left) had a colossal falling out over ideology

The Night of the Long Knives: the bloody purge that secured Hitler’s power

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Mark Atwood Lawrence responds to readers’ questions about the United States’ failure to stem the advance of communism in Vietnam. (Image by Getty Images)

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

Soldiers from the Women's Royal Army Corps

Second World War

A brief guide to VE Day