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    Verdun – or the ‘Mill on the Meuse’, as it became known – holds a similar place in France’s national psyche to…

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Battle of Naseby, 14th June 1645

Two years of amateur warfare had changed nothing.The English Civil War remained in the balance. Then, in February 1645, Parliament created the New…

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History of the British Army in 25 Battles

A history of the British Army in 25 Battles. We will be telling the story of the British Army - focusing on…

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Right and Glory by Max Adams

May 1940. Explosives expert Eddie Dawson and logistics specialist Major Sykes are sent to Eben Emael in Belgium, notoriously the most impregnable…

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Richard Holmes (1946-2011)

In March this year, we published an account of the struggle for the Hougoumont farm complex during the Battle of Waterloo. It…

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With a new war raging in Libya, Second World War veteran Patrick Delaforce teases out the lessons of the 1940-1943 campaign in…

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    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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    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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16th Queen's Lancers during advance to the Marne Sept. 1914.
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BEHIND THE IMAGE – Race to the Sea

The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…

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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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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: D-Day in colour

This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Wind tunnel testing, Messerschmitt Bf 109, 1940

It may look like a scene from a movie shoot – Germany’s answer to The Dam Busters, perhaps – but this strikingly modern photograph from…

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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…

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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 – 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 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: 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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