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THE RISE OF ALGERIAN RESISTANCE

How the anti-colonialist struggle around the globe helped inspire Algeria’s liberation movement to organise and fight back

DWIGHT W BIRDWELL

In the opening hours of the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive, this Specialist Five led his armoured cavalry detachment in repulsing a fierce communist assault against Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon

ROOTS OF REVOLUTION

A century of French occupation led to a genocide in Algeria that provoked one of the bloodiest showdowns of the modern age

BATTLE OF ALGIERS

When the Front de libération nationale FLN) took its war to the streets of the capital, France’s military responded with merciless wrath

Great Battles FLODDEN

On the morning of 9 September 1513, King James lV of Scotland stood atop Flodden Hill with what seemed an insurmountable advantage over the English. Yet by the day's end he would lay slain and his army shattered

FERDINAND 'THE BLOODY'

Known for his brutal martial punishment and execution of his own men, Ferdinand Schérner’s ruthlessness was matched only by his devotion to Nazi ideology

COUPS & CHAOS

How the French armed forces lost the war in Algeria and almost destroyed French democracy in the process

AIRBORNE UNDER SIEGE ARNHEM

For nine days the heroic 1st Airborne fought desperately, waiting vainly for relief that never came

Shining a Light

Tony O’Neil tunes into the history of the last manned lightvessel

Hever Forever

Claire Saul studies the newly refurbished Boleyn Apartment at Hever Castle & Gardens - a castle fit for a queen

To Play the Queen

Chris Hallam looks back on the life of one of the UK’s best known lookalikes

POOLING RESOURCES

Martin Handley looks at what life was like after the Vernons Girls

THE FEW ON SCREEN

Steven Taylor looks at the Battle of Britain across film and TV

Table Service

Rachel Toy looks at the history of Ridgway Homemaker tableware

THE ORIGINAL GOLDEN BALLS

lan Wheeler looks back on 70 years of Tiger comic and Roy of the Rovers, and chats to the man who edited and oversaw both titles

The Man With the Goldeneye

Film stills photographer Keith Hamshere describes how he came to enter the world of James Bond

POSTCARD FROM= SUSSEX

Bob Barton indulges in pleasure piers and fairground delights, as well as fulfilling a long-held ambition to visit the home of Rudyard Kipling

Oh, Miss Jones

Chris Hallam looks back at the origins and legacy of Rising Damp, ITV's most successful sitcom

THE USSR's FAKE OLYMPICS,

Having boycotted the 1984 games in Los Angeles, the Soviet Union hosted its own competition

Hürrem Sultan

From slave girl to imperial consort, how one girl captured the heart of an emperor to become the most powerful woman in Ottoman history

MUSSOLINI HAD JOINED THE ALLIES?

Driven by ambition, Italy's participation in the Axis war effort led to the collapse of its empire, the fall of the Fascist Party and Mussolini's death Interview

THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE

Guy Ritchie's entertaining WWII thriller throws light on Operation Postmaster

FORT KNOX BULLION DEPOSITORY

United States 1937-present

SECRETS OF THE PYRAMIDS

From sacred rituals to hidden treasure, uncover why these world wonders were built

MAKING A MONSTER

Natalie Lawrence explores the creation of enchanted creatures through 15,000 years of history Interview

OVERTHROWING THE MONGOLS

How a Buddhist rebellion toppled the mighty empire and began the rise of the Ming dynasty Written

BATTLE OF DETTINGEN

DETTINGEN (MODERN-DAY KARLSTEIN AM MAIN, GERMANY), 27 JUNE 1743

SURVIVING A FINANCIAL CRISIS

Jame DiBiasio explores how financiers can learn from the mistakes of the past

TALI-IHANTALAI

Outnumbered and outgunned, the Finns’ spirited defence of a natural choke point turned back the Red Army during the largest battle in the region's history

RUSSIAN ROULETTE Q&A WITH ANNA REID

As WWI reached its bloody crescendo, a foolhardy intervention was launched into Russia's civil war -a move that descended into sinister complicity and defeat