Naval battles

Flying the flag: A sailor signals a merchant ship in the Thames Estuary, 1939. Allied maritime capacity was paramount in the final victory. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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WW2: Why did the Allies win the Second World War?

Pearl Harbor attack

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America and WW2: when, how and why did the US get involved, and why they didn’t enter sooner?

Illustration of Elizabeth I in a cage

What if... The Spanish Armada had landed?

US Army 7th Division's tanks equipped with flame throwers climbing a ridge on Okinawa. (Photo by W. Eugene Smith/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

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Okinawa: the battle and the bomb

The US assault on Okinawa

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The WW2 battle of Okinawa: the bloodiest assault of the Pacific War

The destroyer USS Shaw explodes in a massive fireball at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. The attack led almost immediately to Germany declaring war on America, and so brought Stalin an unexpected ally of colossal potential power, says Laurence Rees. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

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Why December 1941 was the most important month of the Second World War

The battleship USS California following the attack at Pearl Harbor

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12 things you (probably) didn’t know about Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor sparked an aircraft-manufacturing drive – and, for the first time, allowed US women to perform jobs previously held only by men. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Pearl Harbor aftermath: the fallout from the attack

Lauren Bruner and Iyozo Fujita

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Pearl Harbor: 5 frontline stories from people who were there

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

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Opinion: Midway’s treatment of the Japanese enemy highlights the power and limits of empathy

The American aircraft carrier USS Yorktown is being bombed in the Battle of Midway, June 1942. (Photo by Corbis via Getty Images)

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Midway: the Pacific War on screen

'Yorktown' sustains a hit during the battle of Midway. The US aircraft carrier sank three days later but, by then, the Japanese had accepted that their attempt to land a war-winning blow had failed. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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How miraculous was the battle of Midway?

The 1993 film ‘Schindler’s List’. (AF Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

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7 must-see Second World War films

The Pearl Harbour attack

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The 11 most significant battles of the Second World War

The HMS Victory in Portsmouth

A visit to HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar