With the Axis in the ascendancy in North Africa and optimistic of taking the Suez canal, the battles of El Alamein were ...

Find out how engineer and drilling expert Craig Tester has helped in the hunt for buried treasure on Sky HISTORY series The ...

In December 1942, the brave heroes of Operation Frankton took to kayaks to attack one of the world’s most heavily guarded ...

Scientists have uncovered Neanderthal tools in a place we thought Neanderthals never went to. Learn what might explain this ...

One of these individuals was Marcel Petiot, a French doctor who is thought to have murdered between around 60 and 200 people ...

The Burma Railway is one of many grim legacies of the horrors of WWII. Discover the story of how it was constructed and its ...

Discover the heroic stories of key figures from Britain’s fearless World War 2 commandos and their remarkable contributions ...

We take a look back at the life and legacy of Pope Francis, whose love and compassion earned him the moniker the ‘People’s Pope’ ...

The grim details of the Erfurt Latrine Disaster of 1184 are not for the faint of heart. Discover the full story of one of history's grossest tragedies.

Did woolly mammoths survive on this remote island? In this brand-new season, Secrets in the Ice will delve into the profound mysteries revealed by our planet's melting ice. As climate change ...

To celebrate the launch of Jack The Ripper: Written In Blood, Sky HISTORY invited 12 historians to Whitechapel to discover the truth behind the monster. Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood delves into ...