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The attack on Pearl Harbor and physics through the ages . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A Why do we say throw down the gauntlet?

The ill-fated 'Titanic', which sank on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Peter Snow’s six most important documents in history

Sky covered by smoke from the first H-Bomb explosion at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific, 1 April 1954. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Winston Churchill: atomic warrior, nuclear peacemaker

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The wartime SAS and Hitler’s drug addiction . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The end game: Britain’s role in Afghanistan 1947–50

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Occupation, resistance, subjugation: the bloody aftermath of 1066

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Q&A: If the battle of Hastings had never taken place, would British history have been any different?

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The Norman Conquest . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066. (Mary Evans Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo)

1066 – how the Viking diversion cost Harold his throne

The London & North Western Railway locomotive Jeanie Deans picking up water at Bushey Troughs, 1899. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

Europe’s century of peace and progress

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Historical television and the battle of Flodden . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Churchill’s army: the wartime leader’s military track record examined

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Cold War summits . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.