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    On 4 July 2026, tens of millions of Americans across the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country’s Declaration…

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The Central Powers were not natural allies.…

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In the early 1960s, Michael Caine was regularly playing small character parts in television dramas and British movies. With his cockney accent…

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Battle Maps

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    The Battle of Waterloo raged all day, but in most sectors, there were lulls  in the fighting. Only at Hougoumont was the…

  • Map of the Third Afghan War 1919

    The first aircraft to be deployed in the war swooped to strafe the Afghans fleeing across the frontier after their defeat. A…

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    Operation Cobra was a resounding success for the Allied forces on their path to liberating France in the summer of 1944, and…

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  • Battle of Britain Map: an Overview

    Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map provides an overview of the locations of the major British and German squadrons, bombed…

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    The first part of our Afghanistan series begins in Issue 1, with an in-depth chronicling of the British army’s disastrous retreat from…

  • Battle of Britain Day Map: the Afternoon Attack

    Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the positioning of German and British airforces during the afternoon battle of Battle…

  • The Defence of London: AD 1642

    Between 1642 and 1645, London was the heart of a national revolution against absolutism.   During the ‘December Days’ in late 1641, the political crisis…

  • The Battle of Marathon- 490 BC

    The Battle of Marathon saw wo entirely antithetical military and political traditions: cavalry, archery, and light-armed troops versus heavy infantry; coerced subjects…

  • Map of the Battle of Maiwand – 27 July 1880

    Map of the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880: the decisive action of the Second Afghan War. General Burrows’ little army of…

Behind the Image

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Inchon Landings, Korea, 1950

This photograph, taken by American reporter and war correspondent Marguerite Higgins, shows the second assault-wave landing on the northern side of Red…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Number of people mobilised in World War II

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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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE – Marching to the future

Belgian Carabiniers with dog-drawn heavy machine-gun, 1914 Marching toward the camera, and shot from a low angle, these Belgian Carabiniers are given…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE – The Iron Duke

This image exudes orderliness and power. Strong horizontals, emphasised by the landscape format, suggest stability and a sense of balance. Much like…

Behind The Image/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: The Liberation of Paris, August 1944

De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle…

Behind The Image/WWI

BEHIND THE IMAGE: The ‘Iron Harvest’ on the Western Front

The original caption reads, ‘Some shell cases on the roadside in the front area, the contents of which have been despatched over…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Charge of the Royal Naval Division, 1915

This photograph shows infantry from the British Royal Naval Division climbing out of the trenches as if for a charge at the…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: COSSACK BAY, BALAKLAVA, 1855 BY ROGER FENTON

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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BEHIND THE IMAGE – ‘Forcibly Pulled Out of Dug-outs’

In May 1944, an official document was prepared by Jürgen Stroop detailing the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. The 75-page report was…

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