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We asked you to think of something appropriately witty for this image from our feature on the Bombay Grenadiers at Maiwand, published…
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The world’s largest ever airborne operation was launched during September 1944, with less than a week of planning. This was one of…
It was less a pitched battle than a succession of accidental collisions; less a decisive trial of strength than a momentary eruption…