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    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)
    Second World War

    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
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    What if... The Spanish Armada had landed?

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    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)
    Second World War

    Okinawa: the battle and the bomb

    The US assault on Okinawa
    Second World War

    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
    Second World War

    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)
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    Pearl Harbor aftermath: the fallout from the attack

    Lauren Bruner and Iyozo Fujita
    Second World War

    Pearl Harbor: 5 frontline stories from people who were there

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

    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)
    Second World War

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

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