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What is the most iconic western?

The Flag of the United States

This former US military man had ambitions of becoming President

A photograph of The Statue of Liberty in New York, USA

The Story of the Statue of Liberty

Soldiers clear bomb damage in Hull

The Hull Blitz

A photograph of an eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcanoes in Indonesia

What Would Happen if a Supervolcano Erupted?

A portrait of Toussaint Louverture

Toussaint Louverture and the birth of Haiti

The Three Greatest Viking battles

The Three Greatest Viking battles

A WW1 helmet on poppies

The unbelievable wartime exploits of AD Wintle

The Vikings are coming...

Where the Vikings Left their Mark

A close-up of a map of the UK

UK, Great Britain, British Isles – the difference explained

Left: A 3D rendering of Nessie, the famed lake monster of Loch Ness. Right: View of Loch Ness from the bank of Fort Augustus, Scotland.

Has Nessie been found? The true history of the Loch Ness monster

Emmeline Pankhurst founded the WSPU in 1903

The lives of the Suffragettes

Crazy Horse as depicted in Robert Redford's American West

Who Was Crazy Horse?

Portrait of Prince Albert by John Partridge

The German kings and queens of England

The Flag of the United States and Viking tools

Vikings, Living in America

Oliver Cromwell

The unlikely escapades of Oliver Cromwell's head

A stock image of Santa Claus with a blurry warped background

How psychedelics may have inspired the story of Santa

Sitting Bull as depicted in Robert Redford's The West

Who Was Sitting Bull?

A photograph of England flag bunting hanging up outside

The Forgotten Invincible England Team of the 1982 World Cup

A sign reading 'Arbeit macht frei', which translates to 'Work sets you free' on the gates of a German POW Camp

The true story of The Great Escape

A Tudor cottage in Warwickshire, England

The people of Tudor England

Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland

The Incredible Story of Love and Survival at Auschwitz

The Underachievers: Remembering the Great Scottish Team of the 70s and 80s

Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera "El chapo", a Mexican drug trafficker, is presented to the media in a hangar at the airport in Mexico City on the 22nd February 2014

The rise of El Chapo

The Knights of St Lazarus

The Knights of St Lazarus

Legendary swordsmen were powerful and brave, they were history’s ultimate warriors and the weapons they would wield have become icons of valour.

The World's Most Famous Swords

A black and white photograph of Anne Frank

How Anne Frank's Diary came to be published

The first and last President of the Confederate lost the war along with his loot

The Lost Confederate Gold of Jefferson Davis, the Outlaw President