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A dummy Bofors gun and crew in north Africa – among the ploys used to deceive Axis intelligence about the true location of massed Allied forces before the battle of El Alamein. (Photo by Alamy)

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An English fleet defeats the French at the battle of Sluys in 1340. By now, Edward III’s war machine was reaping the benefits of a system of national taxation, approved by parliament. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

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