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James "Jim" Wren met the duchess ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day on Friday. Read More

The Second World War ended four generations ago. We are as far from Franklin Roosevelt’s 1945 victory in the Second World War as he was... Read More

A menacing nor'easter pummeled the SS Pendleton on Feb. 18, 1952, causing the oil tanker to be broken in two a mile off the coast of Cape... Read More

Eight Indiana National Guardsmen were at the center of a riot that injured 93 UN troops, including seven Americans. Read More

Collaborationist activity, judged by some as a necessary evil, flourished during the Nazi occupation of the City of Light. Read More

Was the fall of Tenochtitlan the result of an Aztec civil war or Spanish invasion? The events of 1521 are in desperate need of reappraisal. Read More

The historic Norman palace reopens with a complete medieval transformation. Read More

While most of the focus of the American Revolution is on the original 13 colonies, Florida did play a role in the War for Independence. Read More

Top collectors on the island have amassed hundreds of thousands of artifacts — and there are still more being found. Read More

The rich culture of Turkey’s Bodrum Peninsula has been more than 3,000 years in the making. Read More

100 years ago, the KKK marched on Washington. President Coolidge responded with one of the most enlightened speeches of the age Read More

The first written record of fly fishing dates back to 200 A.D. Read More

Painting people as "bandits" or "savages" has historically been used to justify for extreme tactics. Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we take a short boat ride off the coast of New York City to explore the mysterious history of the... Read More

We often learn about slavery in early America through broad economic or political terms—cotton, sugar, markets, revolutions. But what... Read More

Join Greg and his guests to learn all about Empress Matilda and the Anarchy. Read More

'With the emergence of the first city-states came the first cases of organised warfare and campaigns of conquest, as well as developments in... Read More

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. The six wives of King Henry VIII are known best for their relationship to the... Read More

A recent book focuses on the experience of those who used the event as an emancipatory movement Read More

In The Blood in Winter: A Nation Descends, 1642 Jonathan Healey holds Juntos and ‘jittery times’ responsible for... Read More

The ancient world can be very interesting. Read More

This is the latest effort to recognize James Capers Jr. for his heroism during an April 1967 ambush in Vietnam. Read More

Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle famously led the first U.S. strike against the Japanese homeland during World War II, and Doolittle as a... Read More

In Operation Benedict, 151 Wing Royal Air Force deployed in Murmansk to protect allied convoys bringing supplies to Soviet ports. Read More

Physicist Frank Close traces how British science – and fear of a Nazi bomb – lit the fuse for the nuclear age Read More

Ambrose Powell Hill (1825-1865) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War (1861-1865), who commanded the Third Corps of the... Read More

This lesson explores the weapons used by the British, French, Dutch, Hessians, and Americans during the Revolutionary War era. The lesson,... Read More

100 years ago, the KKK marched on Washington. President Coolidge responded with one of the most enlightened speeches of the age Read More

Kwame Nkrumah’s life demonstrates that the end of colonial rule in Africa is central to modern history. Read More

Other than the British Empire, there were several nations and empires in the world's history that colonised other regions for prolonged... Read More

The colonists weren't the only ones to settle the New World. Read More

On 14 August 2003, 22 years ago this week, the electricity cut out for more than 50 million people in the US and Canada. The BBC was in New... Read More

Moose are on the loose in the southern Rockies.  In July 2025, a young wandering bull was captured roaming a city park in... Read More

From the Egyptian pyramids to the Nasca (Nazca) Lines, these ancient sites are some of the most enigmatic constructions on Earth. Read More

Peaches are one of my favorite summer foods and I can enjoy them fresh, or in a variety of dishes. I enjoy them in sweet and savory recipes.... Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More