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Sly Wars
For by wise guidance you can wage your war': Mossad's mysterious history

Damian Lewis Spy Wars
The world's most infamous Spy Agency: the hidden history of the KGB

Damian Lewis Spy Wars
Mons

Battles
How Stonewall Changed the World

Modern History
Interview with William Shatner: the Unxplained explained

The UnXplained
Jamaican passengers disembark the HMT Empire Windrush
The Empire Windrush and the Jamaicans who emigrated to Britain in 1948
German Panzer IV and Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack \ Wikipedia
The Battle of Kursk: the largest tank battle in history

Battles
Aftermath of the Battle of Stalingrad
What if Stalingrad had fallen?

Hitler
Left: Soviet anti-aircraft gunners on the roof of the Moskva. Right: Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch and Hitler study maps during the early days of Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa: Hitler’s Failed Invasion of the Soviet Union

Russia
Photograph of Julian Eltinge
A brief but glamorous history of drag

Popular Culture
Left: Australian actor M.E. Clifton James in his General Montgomery disguise, right an inflatable tank
Operation Fortitude: the D-Day deception campaign that fooled the Nazis

Battles
Battle of Hampton Roads
The greatest naval battles of all time

Battles
Paul Gascoigne
Not Taking Gazza: the greatest mistake in English football

Sport
Miss Lala, born Anna Olga Albertina Brown was a famous 19th-century acrobat | Public Domain | Wikipedia
How ‘Not What You Thought You Knew's’ Dr Fern Riddell uses Ancestry

Black History
Philippa Gregory
'Bad women are great characters to write': Philippa Gregory on her new novel
Scotland Vs Holland Euro 96
The Underachievers: Remembering the Great Scottish Team of the 70s and 80s

Sport
'Christmas' was first recorded as a surname in the 12th century and is believed to be Norman in origin
Mr and Mrs Christmas: A short history of a very festive surname

Xmas
The unsung heroes of WW2: Gurkhas

Ancestry
River Hunters in Durham
Rick and Beau incredible discovery from Durham’s riverside

River Hunters
HISTORY Play
Secrets of the Runestone
The Kensington Runestone: A Viking mystery

Secrets of the Viking Stone
The Mary Rose
Listen to The Mary Rose and the People of Tudor England

Not What You Thought You Knew
The fatal design flaw in Hitler's D-Day defences

Winston Churchill's War
What did this secret society have to do with lost Civil War gold?

Curse of Civil War Gold
The moment Britain almost made peace with Hitler

Winston Churchill's War
Gary finds a piece of jewellery

Curse of Civil War Gold
Big Ben collapses
How world-famous landmarks would collapse if people disappeared

Life after People
Pawn Stars - Pawn It Out of the Park (Season 20, Episode 1). 
Watch full episode of Pawn Stars 'Pawn It Out of the Park'

Pawn Stars
Winston Churchill believed he was 'destined' to become Prime Minister

Winston Churchill's War
The lost gold of WW2
Treasure hunters explore tunnel booby trapped with poison gas

Lost Gold of WWII
Gottlieb grip tester lands
Stunning restoration of a 1930s penny arcade strength tester

Pawn Stars
The 'singing' swords of Saladin
The 'singing' swords of Saladin

Forged In Fire
Four fascinating facts about Curse of Oak Island's Gary Drayton

The Curse of Oak Island
King John signs Magna Carta
Three ways Magna Carta changed the world

British History
Spring
From Ides of March to Mayday: Five ways to welcome spring

Ancient History
A Beltane bonfire
The Wheel of the Year: the calendar of pagan festivals explained

Ancient History