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U-Boat Wargamers

The story of the U-Boat Wargamers 
Sam Naz playing Noor Inayat Khan in Liberté

'She smashes stereotypes': Liberté star on Noor Inayat Khan WW2 spy and heroine
A photograph of Nelson Mandela during an event in London, 2006

Major historical anniversaries in February 
Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas

6 famous LGBT+ couples from British history 
Craig Charles and Sarah Cruddas

10 free episodes you can watch on History PLAY in February 2023
Capture of the Pirate, Blackbeard, 1718, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, painted in 1920 | Public Domain

The most notorious pirates from Blackbeard to Anne Bonny
Painting print of German sailors standing on the conning tower of a U-boat after torpedoing a British cargo ship.

Germany’s most successful U-Boats from WWII  
A stock image of a clock face overlaid on a graphic of the world

Tick-tock: Everything you need to know about the Doomsday Clock
Seamen raise the White Ensign over a captured U-boat (colourised)

The Battle of the Atlantic: The longest military campaign of WWII
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche (1833).

Nine facts about the 'Nine Days Queen'
Explosion of the Challenger space shuttle

Major historical anniversaries in January 
Casting of Lily Parr on the Football Walk of Fame

Lily Parr: 'The most brilliant female footballer in the world'
Colosseum Key Art

The rise and fall of the Roman Empire: 'Colosseum' trailer
A tip of a bow's prow pointing out of the water

What happened to the USS Cyclops? The ship that vanished without a trace
Otto Frank

Anne Frank's father: The life of Otto Frank 
Noor Inayat Khan

The real-life women who inspired WW2 screen heroines
Jolly Roger flag printed on rusty metal

The 5 most ruthless pirates from the Golden Age of Piracy
Photographs of the Duke of Windsor and George VI

Blood feud: 4 conflicts between royal siblings
Stone marking the site of the Tyburn Tree

The Tyburn Tree: London's historic execution spot
Vikings ships on the foggy water. Misty morning by the sunrise.

5 of the most fierce Viking raids
A 1686 engraving of Mother Shipton

Yorkshire's Nostradamus: The life and prophecies of Mother Shipton
Eerie nighttime image of ancient ruins

6 famous ghosts from the ancient world
Edward Adrian Wilson, Robert Falcon Scott, Lawrence Oates, Henry Robertson Bowers and Edgar Evans at the South Pole

7 reasons Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition failed
Egyptian mummy close up detail with hieroglyphs in background

5 strangest things found inside pyramids  
Close up image on the face of a Terracotta Warrior statue

6 greatest ancient archaeological finds in history
Statue of Socrates in a thinking pose

'The unexamined life is not worth living': The trial of Socrates
Angel statue holding the Holy Lance

The Holy Lance: 8 facts about the spear that killed Jesus
Anne Frank writing at a desk

The true story of Anne Frank and her diary
Rick Lagina

'It takes more than a shovel': Interview with 'The Curse of Oak Island's' Rick Lagina
Colourised image of Phineas Gage holding the iron rod

How did Phineas Gage survive an iron rod shooting through his brain?
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth

The 8 weirdest British monarch deaths in history
Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman

10 free episodes you can watch on History PLAY in January 2023
A Glass of Wine with Caesar Borgia

The Borgias: 8 facts about the tyrant family of popes and aristocrats
Elizabeth I (L): Robert Dudley (R)

4 biggest British royal scandals
A hangman's noose

8 people executed for high treason in the UK
Stone Spheres of the Diquís

5 strangest things found in rainforests and jungles