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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (1945)

On 23 February 1945 one of the iconic photographs of the Second World War was taken on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. Here it is in colour.

By Unseen Histories

February 23^rd, 2024

© 2025 Unseen Histories

The Eiffel Tower: the beauty and the terror (1888)

The Parisian skyline was changing in a strange and stirring way in July 1888 when Gustave Eiffel led a tour of his majestic new tower

The Vatican, the War and the Pope's Secret Bank

Yvonnick Denoël takes us back to the Second World War and the Vatican's efforts to secure their wealth

Johnny Reynolds, 'Human Fly', Thrills Crowd (1917)

On Wednesday 5 September 1917, the daredevil climber Johnny Reynolds performed in Washington D.C.

New History Books for January 2025

From Dante to Haiti, Shakespeare to Socrates

A Very Private Life – Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O’Brian

We look back at the life of the 'greatest historical novelist of all time'

Patria: Lost Countries of South America

South Americans are looking at their continent's history afresh, explains Laurence Blair

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