The corroded helmet would have been an essential component of protection for any Viking warrior. Several iron bands and plates, riveted together,
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The bunker, under the village of Wijtschate in Flanders, is more than 20 feet underground and is believed to have accommodated up
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In the Second World War, the dockyards and riverside factories of London’s East End were essential to the country’s struggle against the
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The U-boat went down with all hands and has rested on the seabed, some 37km (23 miles) off the coast of Yorkshire,
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A new hull walkway, opened in August of this year, allows enthusiasts to descend into the base of the ship’s dry dock
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This unique ship is the last of over 800 tank-carrying landing craft to have served at D-Day, the amphibious Allied assault on
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Hunger is breezy in its approach, but the subject Blom discusses is a serious one. Indeed, the spectre of food – or
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Thirty years of research and hundreds of hours of interviews have resulted in this fast-paced book seeing the light of day –
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Just as there was no single Parliamentarian army during the English Civil War, there was no single Royalist Army either. But while
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The idea ‘took off’ in the aftermath of the Dunkirk evacuation, when a German invasion seemed imminent and there was a critical
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