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Callum Turner as John Egan and Austin Butler as Gale Cleven in Masters of the Air
Second World War

Masters of the Air real history: the true story of the ‘Bloody Hundredth’

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A fight between two Gladiators, in mosaic
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What were the lives of gladiators like in ancient Rome? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Illustatration of the siege of Syracuse, showing Archimedes' cranes used to destroy Roman ships
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The siege of Syracuse: how Archimedes took on the Romans . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Allies in retreat from Austerlitz
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Austerlitz: how Napoleon crushed the Austro-Russian army

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First World War

Q&A What caused trench foot in WW1 and how could it be treated?

British infantry shelter in trenches
First World War

Trench tactics: how was war fought in the WW1 trenches?

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Elsie Knocker and Mairi Chisholm pictured at the dressing station they established near the front line in Pervyse, west Flanders. (Image by Alamy)
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Sisters in arms: women at war during WW1 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soldiers in First World War uniform eat in the trenches
First World War

Life in the trenches during WWI: your essential guide

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A French soldier pictured next to wrecked German lorries.
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Could WW1 have ended in 1916? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jonathan Sumpton on the Hundred Years’ War: “It was Joan of Arc who persuaded the French that they could win” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

A portrait of the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) during the Napoleonic Wars. Although Waterloo was
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7 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Napoleonic Wars