The charge of the light, battle illustration

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Second World War soldiers

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King Ecgfrith of Northumbria

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Soldiers guard England's south coast behind a bank of banned wire on 2 September 1940

Britain's fight for survival: Fortress Britain 1940.

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Bust of Emperor Alexander Severus

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Picture of Lord Kitchener's recruitment poster

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Q&AWas the British army ready for war in 1914?

Quiz - Would you have been accepted to join the army and fight in WW1 in August 1914?.

A colour image of military guns during World War One

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A detail of a fresco of Hannibal riding his elephant. It is estimated he took as many as 40 elephants when he marched an army across the Alps and into northern Italy. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)

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Photo of a poppy growing in a preserved WWI trench

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Q&ADid the Somme offensive achieve anything?

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Q&AD-Day: How did a weather forecast change the fate of the war?.

A Nobel Prize, a 3,600-mile voyage and the battle of Marengo: 3 things that happened On This Day 14 June

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Bid to uncover battle of Hastings remains

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James Clerk Maxwell, Israeli troops and John Dickens: 3 things that happened On This Day 13 June

The legacy of the First World War.

A nurse on the French Eastern border treats a wounded soldier during the First World War. (Photo by Roger Viollet/Getty Images)

Pain through the prism of war.

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Richard I, the Falkland Islands and John Scott Russell: 3 things that happened On This Day 8 June

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"If I don't come home": letters from a D-Day captain

Napoleon in exile

Q&AWhy was Napoleon exiled to St Helena?

D-Day and the Wars of the Roses.

Benito Mussolini makes a speech. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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A coal mine explosion, the birth of Nancy Witcher Langhorne, and the first Briton in space: 5 things that happened On This Day 19 May

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Monte Cassino and revolutionary Russia.