History
Hitler's war boast exposed as a myth
Unpublished letters disprove claim that he was blinded in action by a British mustard gas attack.
Inside History
Arctic Convoys 1941-45: 'The worst journey in the world'
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Previously unpublished photographs reveal the treacherous journey to Russia undertaken by Allied naval and merchant ships during World War Two
The long shadow line: History and the war on drugs
Monday, 10 October 2011
Charles C Mann: What can the tobacco trade of the 17th century tell us about the modern war on drugs?
Video: Hitler letter goes on display
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
The Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, USA, has put on display a rare letter signed by Adolf Hitler in 1919 that calls for the "removal of the Jews.".
Australia's lost boys
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
What happened to the 5,000 young men who left the UK for New South Wales a century ago? Stephen Kelly writes about the odd encounter that led him to discover the fate of the Dreadnought Boys
A Day That Shook The World: Britain explodes its first atomic bomb
Monday, 3 October 2011
On 3 October 1952, Britain became the third nuclear power after it successfully tested its own atomic bomb in the Montebello Islands, north of Australia.
A Day That Shook The World: Mao's communists take over in China
Saturday, 1 October 2011
On 1 October 1949, China's communist party, led by Mao Zedong, finally prevailed against the Nationalists and assumed power.
Are you a master of history?
Friday, 30 September 2011
Do you roll with the Romans but get confused by the Etheldreds and Ethelfriths? Can you tell your Lambert Simnel from your Perkin Warbeck?
Are you a master of history? The answers
Friday, 30 September 2011
Have you managed to roll with the Romans and not been confused by the Etheldreds and Ethelfriths? Could you tell your Lambert Simnel from your Perkin Warbeck?
Wartime wreck to give up £148m in lost silver bullion
Monday, 26 September 2011
Cahal Milmo: The largest ever consignment of precious metal found in the sea is discovered amongst a wreck.
The great IoS history quiz answers
Sunday, 25 September 2011
Here are the answers to The Independent on Sunday's Great History Quiz.