The charge of the light, battle illustration

Military history

A silhouette of troops of the 1st Australian Division during the First World War.

First World War

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Second World War

Airborne assault: the spearhead of the D-Day invasion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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King Robert I of Scotland statue at Stirling Castle.

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William III of England at the Battle of the Boyne

The battle of the Boyne: what happened at the July 1690 clash and why is it commemorated on ‘the Twelfth’?

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A depiction of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams, Roger Sherman Robert R Livingston, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.

Your guide to the 1776 American Declaration of Independence

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A portrait of Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan: the Mongol ruler who conquered China

A German soldier seeks cover from the Soviet artillery fire in a field. In the background, smoke rises from the hitting grenades. (Photo by Alamy)

Operation Bagration 1944: the perfect victory on the Eastern Front. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Churchill's evolving perspective on D-Day. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Photographs of some of the victims of the 1944 Nazi massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane

Second World War

Oradour-sur-Glane massacre: the brutal SS atrocity that still haunts France

Map showing departure points for British troops ahead of the Normandy Landings on D-Day

Second World War

D-Day beaches map: where were the D-Day landings?

Woman reads about the D-Day invasion in a newspaper

The women’s work that made D-Day a success. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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British troops land in Normandy on 6 June 1944. D-Day, and the complex operations that followed, would not have been possible without Allied sailors (Photo by Photo 12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

The seaborne invasion: why we must remember the forgotten heroes of D-Day and the battle for Normandy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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British Army National Service recruits

National Service: here's what you need to know about the history of Brits being conscripted into the Armed Forces