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World War II
D-Day: Storming the beaches
Medieval
Did castle defenders really pour boiling oil down on attackers?
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World War I
Edith Cavell, the WWI nurse who became a symbol of peace
General history
10 unbelievable accidental discoveries
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When East met West to end World War II
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In a nutshell: the Suez Crisis
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In a nutshell: the Punic Wars
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Were there really only 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae?
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What was the ‘North Sea Outrage’?
World War I
The winner of the Christmas Day football match was…
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Who was the bravest man at Waterloo?
