In the early 1930s, the divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson ____________ the heart of the heir to the British throne, who soon after became King Edward VIII. Their intended marriage caused a constitutional crisis.

The battleship Bismarck was sunk during the Second World War. Of a crew of 2,200, there were only 114 _______________.

A ________ is a soldier who usually works alone and specializes in shooting from very long distances.

Two of Henry VIII’s six wives were ________, two he divorced, one died following childbirth and the last one survived.

On 8th December 1941, President Roosevelt ____________war on Japan following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the previous day.

Although the Anglo Zanzibar war of 1896 lasted only 38 minutes, over 500 people, both combatants and ________, where killed or injured.

In 2019, there were 26 million____________ globally, the majority of whom had fled their home countries due to war and persecution.

The ________ in the United States, fought between the Northern and Southern states, lasted from 1861 to 1865.

The total number of ________, (people killed or injured) caused directly by the First World War was around 40 million.

Nelson Mandela was ______________ in 1990 after having been imprisoned for 27 years.

The Great Fire of London ________ in a bakery on 2nd September 1666 and wasn’t extinguished until four days later.

In 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes attempted to ________ the Houses of Parliament in London with barrels of gunpowder.

In 1805, naval ________ Horatio Nelson led the British Royal Navy to destroy the French-Spanish Fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar.