The charge of the light, battle illustration

Military history

Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler watch a Nazi parade staged for the Italian dictators's visit to Germany. (Photo by Getty Images)

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A 19th-century depiction of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

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Go west: Refugees crowd the quayside in the port of Kolberg. Between them and their destination in the west lay freezing waters, mines and enemy submarines. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Operation Hannibal 1945: the Germany evacuation that dwarfed the 'miracle of Dunkirk'

c1900: Relief depicting Roman officials and praetorians.

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The rise of Hitler. (Photo by Getty Images)

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An illustration depicting Governor Tryon and the Regulators, c1877.

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The ruins of Dresden after the bombing by Allied forces in early 1945. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Andrew Roberts (Photo by Helen Atkinson)

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A bust of Charlemagne

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William of Orange landing at Torbay, 1688

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Youths salute Adolf Hitler

Second World War

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Indian soldiers during WWI

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American president Warren G Harding and his wife, First Lady Florence Harding.

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German prisoners of war

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A still from Sam Mendes film '1917'

First World War

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A despatch rider during WW1, as featured in new Sam Mendes film '1917'

First World War

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Peronne, March 1917

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William the Conqueror (1027–87), king of England from 1066 when he beat Harold II at the battle of Hastings. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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A vintage colour postcard, possibly produced to send Christmas greetings from the frontline, somewhere on the Western Front, during the First World War, c1918. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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Stretcher bearers at Passchendaele

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German submarine on mission in the Atlantic ocean, 1942/1943 (Photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Few war leaders have been more profoundly steeped in history than Winston Churchill, who drew inspiration from his ancestor – and one of Britain's most celebrated generals – the Duke of Marlborough (left). (Images by Getty Images/Bridgeman

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A young American woman gazes at a human skull, sent to her by a boyfriend during WW2

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