Issue 20

Articles from issue 20 of BBC World Histories

Positions of Allied transport ships, their escorts and enemy U-boats were marked on the floor by teams of Wrens (Scott McIntosh)

Second World War

‘Real life battleships’: the secret game that countered German U-boat attacks during WW2

Who is the greatest leader in world history?

Who is the greatest leader in world history?

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Hungarian Jews arrive at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1944

The liberation of Auschwitz, 75 years on: what happened and how do we remember the Holocaust? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.