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Nate Mann as Robert 'Rosie' Rosenthal in Apple TV+ WW2 drama Masters of the Air

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French Resistance fighters sabotaging the Marseille-Paris railway in Romanèche (Saône-et-Loire), on August 30, 1944.

The French resistance during the Second World War

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Illustatration of the siege of Syracuse, showing Archimedes' cranes used to destroy Roman ships

The siege of Syracuse: how Archimedes took on the Romans

Allies in retreat from Austerlitz

Austerlitz: how Napoleon crushed the Austro-Russian army

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British infantry shelter in trenches

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Soldiers in First World War uniform eat in the trenches

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A French soldier pictured next to wrecked German lorries.

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A portrait of the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) during the Napoleonic Wars. Although Waterloo was "undeniably the most pivotal battle of this campaign", it was not the final battle against France, says Jem Duducu. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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