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Airborne assault: the spearhead of the D-Day invasion . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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King Robert I of Scotland statue at Stirling Castle.
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The man, the myth, the murderer: how Robert the Bruce slaughtered his way to the throne . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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William III of England at the Battle of the Boyne
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The battle of the Boyne: what happened at the July 1690 clash and why is it commemorated on ‘the Twelfth’?

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The Normandy campaign’s forgotten naval heroes . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How the Dreyfus Affair tore France apart . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams, Roger Sherman Robert R Livingston, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.
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Your guide to the 1776 American Declaration of Independence

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How Stalin ran rings round the west . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A portrait of Kublai Khan
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Kublai Khan: the Mongol ruler who conquered China

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A German soldier seeks cover from the Soviet artillery fire in a field. In the background, smoke rises from the hitting grenades. (Photo by Alamy)
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Operation Bagration 1944: the perfect victory on the Eastern Front . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hitler plans Operation Barbarossa in 1941. The Führer’s decision to invade the Soviet Union was a dire miscalculation that would prove fatal to his regime.
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What if Hitler hadn’t sent the Wehrmacht into the Soviet Union? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Has WW2 become a national religion? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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War, peace & cherry trees: finding hope after WW2 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Winston Churchill. (Photo by Getty Images)
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Churchill’s evolving perspective on D-Day . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.