Julian Humphrys

Julian Humphrys is a historian and author specialising in battlefields. His books include Enemies at the Gate (English Heritage, 2007)

A depiction of Roman communal toilets

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Minutemen facing British soldiers on Lexington common

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German tank at the battle of Kursk, 1943. (Photo by Roger Viollet via Getty Images)

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Picture depicting the Battle of Worcester

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Painting depicting the Battle of Naseby

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Picture of Throrolf slaying Earl Hring

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The uniform worn by pupils at Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham. (Photo by Rex Features)

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Painting of the Battle of Blenheim

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Paratroopers over Dien Bien Phu

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October 1876: General Nelson Miles talking with Chief Sitting Bull after the army's defeat at Little Bighorn

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Photo showing a snowy Wounded Knee, where US troops massacred the Lakota Sioux, with bodies visible in the foreground

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Tom Smith's Surprise Cosaques, Christmas Crackers 1878. (Image by Getty)

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A still from a 1960 film about the Alamo, showing the chapel being covered by troops

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