War2 days agoThe English stately home where Nazis were buggedAt north London's Trent Park during World War Two, high-ranking Nazi POWs relaxed and chatted in the elegant upstairs rooms – while downstairs, "secret listeners" were eavesdropping.2 days ago4 days agoAn insider's account of Nagasaki's atomic bombingThirty years after the bombing of Nagasaki, a US physicist who helped to assemble the bomb revealed to the BBC why the blast couldn't be stopped.4 days ago13 Jul 2026The nuclear submarine wreck that is a 'time bomb'In 1989, the Komsomolets sank off the Norwegian coast. Four years later, the BBC reported on plans to seal in its torpedoes' toxic plutonium.13 Jul 202610 Jun 2026The woman who hid on a ship to report on D-DayUS journalist Martha Gellhorn tricked officers so that she could write firsthand dispatches from Normandy in June 1944. In 1991, she told the BBC about her daring subterfuge.10 Jun 202630 May 2026The weatherman crucial to D-Day victoryHistory's boldest military operation hinged on weather forecaster James Stagg. A new film with Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser explores his role in the end of World War Two.30 May 20262 Apr 2026'Brutal' toll of war on Dubai's tourist tradeThe US-Israel war with Iran has had a devastating impact on visitor numbers to Dubai, and local businesses are suffering.2 Apr 20261 Mar 2026The Churchill speech that launched the Cold WarIn 1946, less than a year after the end of World War Two, Britain's wartime leader sounded an urgent warning about the Soviet threat to the West.1 Mar 202629 Dec 2025How fascist Lord Haw-Haw was tried for treasonWith his mocking English accent, the mysterious radio host broadcast to the UK from a German station, spreading rumours and exaggeration in the early days of World War Two.29 Dec 202531 Oct 2025The trail-blazing photos of a daredevil WW1 pilotAviator Alfred Buckham created some of the earliest and most awe-inspiring bird's-eye images – to achieve them, he employed perilous, death-defying acts of ingenuity.31 Oct 2025...
