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July 2019 (Issue 70)
July 2019 (Issue 70)
Expert articles from the July 2019 issue of BBC History Revealed Magazine
Second World War
From Joe Lewis to Audrey Hepburn: 10 famous faces of WW2
Georgian
Guillotined in the French Revolution: the bloody story through 7 severed heads
20th Century
Decimal Day: when Britain said farewell to the shilling
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20th Century
The Stonewall Riots: the flashpoint that launched the gay rights movement in the US
Second World War
Female codebreakers: the women of Bletchley Park
Medieval
Bravado or blunder? Architectural fails of medieval church builders
Tudor
The Great Siege of Malta, 1565: the crusaders’ last stand
Victorian
How wild was the Wild West?
20th Century
When Live Aid rocked the world
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