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The rise and fall of the Sikh empire . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Arnhem: the Battle for the Bridges, 1944 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Empire builder Maharajah Ranjit Singh sits astride a horse as an attendant holds a parasol over him. Singh is historically credited with growing his ancestral warrior-clan, the Sukerchakia misl, into a grand imperial dynasty. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

A Sikh tragedy: the Indian kingdom that fell foul of the British empire

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Sophie Ambler on the HistoryExtra podcast

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The bloody rise of Augustus

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Napoleon watches on as the fighting at Waterloo unfolds in this 1843 painting

What if… Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A group of American soldiers captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Java, 1942 (Photo by Getty Images)

Prisoners of the Japanese . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Krystyna Skarbeck, also called Christine Granville

History hero Michael Morpurgo chooses Krystyna Skarbek (1908–1952) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

London burns behind Tower Bridge on 7 September 1940

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Days of destiny: 5 key dates in the Battle of Britain

London during the Blitz - the systematic night-time bombing of the British by the Luftwaffe in 1940 - 1941. (Photo by Getty Images)

Rationing, school closures and ‘Blitz spirit’: how did people cope in WW2?

AFS firemen tackle a blitz fire amidst the rubble surrounding St Paul's Cathedral, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Your guide to the Blitz, plus 9 places affected by the bombings

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Police and railwaymen assist some of the 800 evacuee children as they leave Ealing Broadway station, London, for the country on 1st September 1939 (Photo by Getty Images)

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Rjukan Hydro Plant

Spying in WW2: how wartime espionage was just as dramatic as fiction

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Why did WW2 happen?

WW2 surrender signed, 2 September 1945

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How and when did WW2 end?