Military history

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First World War

1917: The world at war

A British soldier uses a searchlight to spot German aircraft during the Second World War. Britain has lived with the fear of invasion for several centuries, a fact reflected in its architecture, its art and its people’s mental health. (Photo by David Savill/Getty Images)

The island fortress fallacy

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Illustration by Davide Bonazzi.

Did the Cold War ever really end?

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First World War

The British soldiers who fought for Germany in the world wars

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Demons and shipwrecks

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Britain’s Chinese army

El Alamein battle in the Libyan desert, c1942. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Second World War

El Alamein: the line in the sand

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Spooky Stuart ghost stories

Edward The Confessor, Anglo-Saxon king of England, 1070s. Edward (c1003-1066), king from 1042, on his throne. After Edward's death, the throne was disputed between Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy, prompting the Norman Conquest of England. From the Bayeux Tapestry. The tapestry, which tells the story of the events leading to the Battle of Hastings in 1066, was probably commissioned by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, William's half-brother. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Anglo-Saxons

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Where was the battle that saved England?

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Second World War

Q&A: What was written on Neville Chamberlain’s piece of paper?

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Tales of war

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When 21 Sikh soldiers stood against 10,000 men: the battle of Saragarhi

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Second World War

9 things you (probably) didn’t know about Dunkirk