Military history

A British major pictured in German captivity

“How I fell captive to the Germans”: the experience of First World War PoWs

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

Britain at war over Vietnam

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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)

Britain in 1945: Life in the shadow of victory

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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

1945: The race for Berlin

Illustration of Chartist riot

Q&A When was the last armed revolt in Britain?

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

The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land

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Second World War

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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)

The reluctant kamikaze of the Second World War

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First World War

Q&A What was the Battle of the Bees?

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First World War

In WW1, what did the Allies want to achieve?

Picture depicting the Dogger Bank Incident

Q&A What was the 'North Sea Outrage'?

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

The battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s final gamble

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First World War

Q&A When were the wreaths first laid at the Cenotaph?