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THE ANGELS OF BASTOGNE

In the middle of Germany’s final major offensive, a young nurse risked her life to help treat wounded American soldiers

REICH TO REPUBLIC

INTERVIEW WITH FRANK TRENTMANN From defeat and division to democracy, the historian examines Germany's struggle with post-war guilt, memory and reconciliation

THE SPARTACIST UPRISING

The fledgling democratic republic of Germany was forced to immediately fight for its existence against communist insurgents bent on its destruction

WHAT IF...MEXICO DEFEATED THE UNITED STATES?

Could Mexico have claimed vast swathes of territory, including the potentially gold-rich California, in a huge blow to US expansion?

THE MARCH ACTION

The final rising of the radical left during the Weimar period was followed by the sharp decline of communist influence in Germany

BALTIMORE

In the War of 1812, the Royal Navy launched an assault on the economic hub of Maryland, prompting an inspired American defence against the old enemy

THE RUHR UPRISING

After the Kapp-Lüttwitz Putsch, radical left-wing workers united in a violent bid to establish a Soviet-style government

THOMAS J HUDNER

This US Navy aviator fought a desperate battle against time, flames and the brutal North Korean winter in an attempt to rescue his trapped wingman

GHOSTS OF DYNAMO

Armed with the British Admiralty's battle summary, firsthand accounts and a 2023 seabed survey, it's now possible explore a number of Operation Dynamo wrecks to understand what was lost at Dunkirk

1944-45 BATTLE FOR EUROPE SNIPERS

These elite sharpshooters led the Allied advance in Normandy and eventually beyond the frontier of the Third Reich

THE KAPP-LÜTTWITZ PUTSCH

When in 1920 nationalists attempted a coup, a nationwide strike in a mass popular demonstration against them

GODFATHER OF THE SAS? T.E. LAWRENCE

Nearly 90 years after his death, the famously unorthodox officer deserves to be remembered as an early inspiration for the British special forces

Heroes of the Victoria Cross - KEITH PAYNE

Under monsoon conditions in the Central Vietnamese Highlands, this Australian soldier ignored his injuries to hold back a communist attack and ensure that no man was left behind

FORGOTTEN FACES OF THE BLITZ

Andy Saunders reflects on whether Steve McQueen's new wartime movie casts some uncomfortable light onto the popular history of Britain's ‘darkest hour'

COLD WAR - BATTLE FOR BERLIN

In the tense nuclear stalemate, the Western Allies hatched drastic plans to defend against Soviet invasion, which meanwhile was being plotted in the East

ATTACK ON THE TIRPITZ MEDAL

The Conspicuous Gallantry Medal was awarded to the helmsman of a midget submarine for his part in a mission that seriously damaged the German battleship

HITLER'S BOMBERS

Today, countless European cities still bear scars from the Luftwaffe's bomber crews. But with bombers constituting one-third of all German aircraft lost in WWII, such devastation didn't come cheap for the Kampfflieger

NELSON-CLASS BATTLESHIP

A necessarily smaller design based on a battlecruiser, these vessels served with distinction in multiple theatres of the Second World War

ROLLS-ROYCE MERLINS TO MISSILES

After building the RAF's war-winning engines, the iconic British firm began designing cutting-edge propulsion systems for NATO

RAIDS ON THE NORTH

Although the pirates were most active in the Mediterranean, they also ventured further afield for their spoils

OBJECTIVE NORFOLK

One of the largest tank engagements of the Iraq War will be forever known to those who were there as 'Fright Night'

WAR WITH THE USA

The pirates were dealt a severe blow when a new nation appeared on the scene

THE BARBARY CRUSADE

The pirates were building on a rich tradition when they started to prowl the Mediterranean, but their attacks drew a fierce response

END OF THE PIRATES

The corsairs' reign lasted into the 19th century, until Europe's superpowers sought to end it permanently through conquest

NAUMACHIA TRUTH BEHIND ROME'S GLADIATOR SEA BATTLES

In their quest for evermore novel and bloody entertainment, the Romans staged enormous naval fights on artificial lakes

OPERATION MANNA

In late April 1945, millions of Dutch civilians were starving as Nazi retribution for the failed Operation Market Garden cut off supplies. eet as In response, Allied bombers launched a risky mission to air-drop food

GASSING HITLER

Just a month before the end of WWI, the future Fuhrer was blinded by a British shell and invalided away from the frontline. Over a century later, has the artillery brigade that launched the fateful attack finally been identified?

SALAMANCA

After years of largely defensive campaigning, Lieutenant General Arthur Wellesley went on the offensive against a French invasion of Andalusia

HUMBERT 'ROCKY'VERSACE

Early in the Vietnam War, a dedicated US Special Forces officer defied his merciless Viet Cong captors and inspired his fellow POWs to survive

LEYTE 1944 SINKING THE RISING SUN

One of the more difficult island campaigns in WWII's Pacific Theatre saw a brutal months-long fight that exhausted Japan’s military strength