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    By the end of World War II, the United States possessed the world’s largest and best-equipped air force, which made a critical…

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Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre

Military History Monthly’s roving museum explorer Keith Robinson investigates another little-known military museum.…

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Opinion – Battlefields of neglect

Neil Faulkner rails against the neglect of historic battlefields and a warped view of British history. Visit the battlefield of Evesham and…

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Battle tactics of La Reconquista

In 1367, the light horse of the Castilian army bore a more important part than any other European kingdom save Hungary and…

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War Culture – Military Drinking

Staring death in the face on a regular basis has long been reason enough for soldiers to turn to the devil drink.…

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WMD – Panzerfaust

The revolutionary weapon that transformed anti-tank fighting in the final battles of WWII. After the first model was introduced in July 1943,…

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Your Military History – The Martyr of Malaga

Mark you that I die like a gentleman and a soldier – I am to be shot with sixty others in about…

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

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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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    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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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 – Tanks on Parade

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: 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: The Unknown Warrior, 1920

On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE – Deserted Trench

Abandoned British position captured by the Germans This cold and desolate image shows an abandoned British trench following a German attack, with…

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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 – 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: captured Luftwaffe crewmen, London Underground, 1940

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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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: The Paris Exodus

This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…

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