The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far
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Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous
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De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle
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Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation
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Here lies the toppled Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi . Photographed towards the very end of the Second World War, it is a
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U-boat 118 had been launched in February 1918, and in the last couple of months of the war dispatched two British ships
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This bustling black-and-white photograph offers an atmospheric view of a natural harbour crowded with ships, campaign tents, livestock and supplies. Titled Cossack
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It may look like a scene from a movie shoot – Germany’s answer to The Dam Busters, perhaps – but this strikingly modern photograph from
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In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment
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Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting
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