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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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DVD Review – Resistance

RESISTANCE METRODOME 19 March 2012 £9.99 This classily produced ‘what-if’ WWII story examines life in a small and isolated Welsh valley, where…

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Summer Events Guide – 2012

Each month, Military History Monthly’s ‘On Manoeuvres’ section brings you the info on Britain’s finest history-themed activities, from lecture days and air…

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A cut-away diagram of this WWI British destroyer, the specialised hunter-killer of German U-boats…

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CANADA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL — 1866-1870

The Canada General Service Medal was not awarded until 1899, though it related to campaigns fought in Canada between 1866 and 1871,…

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Predator Drone Specifications

The Predator system was designed in response to a Department of Defence requirement to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance information combined…

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Tattooing in Western culture owes its popularity to the sailors of the 1700s, who were inspired by the tattooed indigenous people they…

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Military History Monthly’s roving museum explorer Keith Robinson visits a storehouse of naval ‘big bangs’. A lesser known museum on the Gosport side of…

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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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    In 1302, the townspeople of Flanders rebelled against the French, laying siege to the castle at Courtrai. The French sent an army…

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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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This image shows three tanks taking part in the Lord Mayor’s parade in Ludgate Circus, London in November 1918. The parade celebrated…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Spectators at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 28 June 1919

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Inchon Landings, Korea, 1950

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