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The British soldiers who fought for Germany in the world wars

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The Coventry Blitz – Q&A with historian Frederick Taylor

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El Alamein battle in the Libyan desert, c1942. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
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El Alamein: the line in the sand

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Crew members of the French destroyer Bourrasque, sunk by mine at Dunkirk, are hauled aboard a British vessel from their sinking life-raft. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Dunkirk: 6 big questions on a remarkable rescue mission

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Napoleon Bonaparte’s greatest triumphs and disasters

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Test pilot Melitta Schiller (right), Berlin, June 1943. (Photo by DRK/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
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The women who flew for Hitler: an interview with Clare Mulley . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Churchill on film: the challenges of portraying a Second World War icon

The USS Liberty arriving for repairs following the attack by Israeli warplanes and motor torpedo boats
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Why did Israel attack the USS Liberty?

The crews of Israeli armoured vehicles during the waiting period before the beginning of the Six-Day War. (Photo by David Rubinger/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Six days that shook the Middle East