Verdun And The Story Of Modern France
History's longest battle ran from February 1916 to a few days after December 15, when the last Germans were driven out by the final attack.
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Aviation History Candy Bomber: The US Pilot Who Gave Hope To Children
He defied the Soviets, and his superiors, with sweets. In 1948, the USSR had cut off Berlin from Western Europe.
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History COMMENT: Building Walls - From Berlin To Trump
Forces Network has taken a look back at a special BFBS documentary made four years after the Wall's fall...
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History The War That Set The Stage For World War One
On September 2, 1870, two of Europe's most powerful men met and made an agreement that would change the course of European history and set ...
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Stories COMMENT: Is Today's Middle East So Different To Vietnam?
With Sir John Chilcot's long-awaited Iraq Inquiry published at last, perhaps lessons from an earlier conflict could prove useful...
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History Inside the airport abandoned since 1974
It has stood eerily silent for more than four decades.
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Navy Archive footage from Dunkirk found
Unique and historically significant footage shot 75 years ago has been discovered
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Stories Smart, Beautiful And Deadly: The Soviet Sniper
The history of female combatants and leaders is a seldom explored narrative.