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There are a select number of battlefield tours that every military history enthusiast should experience. Here we list eleven of the finest, most reasonably priced, worldwide…

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‘To each according to his threat advantage does not count as a principle of justice.’ John Rawls, A Theory of Justice, 1971…

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D-Day: Plan of Operations on 6 June, 1944

How were tens of thousands of infantry landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944? How was the supply of ammo,…

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D-DAY TIMELINE

MHM places D-Day within the context of Operation Overlord, picking out some of the most brutal clashes and key events, from…

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    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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    Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the route taken by Boudicca in preparation for her final battle. This map…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Kristallnacht, by Charlotte Salomon, from Life? Or Theatre? 1940-1942

With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…

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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: Nagasaki, Japan, 9 August 1945

This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on the…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: U-Boat on Hastings beach, April 1919

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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BEHIND THE IMAGE: the struck Japanese fleet carrier Amagi, 24 July 1945

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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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Inside the Fortress

It looks like the interior of a spaceship. But the shimmering framework is that of a B-17F, under construction at the Douglas…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE – Marching to the future

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BEHIND THE IMAGE – Crash Landing

Zeppelin IV lands on the parade ground of Luneville, April 1913 In traditional landscape format with the horizon a third of the…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: B-52 storage area, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona

The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: VE Day, 8 May 1945

Victory in Europe (VE) Day marked the official conclusion of the six-year world war against Hitler and his allies. Civilians and soldiers…

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