The charge of the light, battle illustration

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A British major pictured in German captivity

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A demonstrator vents his spleen at police officers during an anti-Vietnam War rally in London's Grosvenor Square

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Living through the Crusades: 3 poems and songs that reveal how medieval people felt about the holy war

Huts in Lambeth built for bombed-out families, 1945. (Getty)

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Napoleon’s surrender: letter begging Prince Regent for mercy after Waterloo defeat to go on show in Windsor

Hitler and his general staff

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Illustration of Chartist riot

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View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814

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A Kamikaze pilot scores a direct hit on a US aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean, c1942. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Picture depicting the Dogger Bank Incident

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American forces advance through the Ardennes forest during the battle of the Bulge. (Photo by George Silk/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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Photo of the Cenotaph in London

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Q&AWhen were the wreaths first laid at the Cenotaph?

Photo of a remembrance poppy

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Q&AWhere do the red poppies come from?

A 19th-century illustration depicting the battle of Agincourt.

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A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

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A portrait of Joan of Arc,

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The battle of Agincourt and the Spanish communists. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Red Army tank drivers on a street in the city of Rakov, Poland

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Second World War soldiers

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King Ecgfrith of Northumbria

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Soldiers guard England's south coast behind a bank of banned wire on 2 September 1940

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