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INVASION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA In 1968 Soviet troops crossed the border to crush an outbreak of liberal protests. ABLE ARCHER A NATO exercise to roleplay nuclear war almost sparked the real thing. ‘NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE’ WWII glider pilot Ron Johnson tells HOW about his experiences at the Battle of Arnhem..
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1870: FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR
Defeating their powerful neighbour to the west was the crowning glory for the Confederation and signalled the birth of the German Empire
1866: AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR
The main opponent to Bismarck's plan for unification was defeated in just seven weeks
1848 & 1864: SCHLESWIG WARS
Prussian leader Otto von Bismarck's first roll of the iron dice came in a war against two duchies controlled in part by Denmark
CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE
After dissolving the Holy Roman Empire, Napoleon established a pro-French military alliance of German states that loosely resembled a united Germany
SHREWSBURY
In 1403, English archers faced each other in battle for the first time as rebels sought to topple Henry IV
VIETNAM’S 'BAND OF BROTHERS': Q&A WITH IAN GARDNER
How 3rd Battalion, 506th Airborne overcame adversity in the jungles of Southeast Asia, continuing the legacy of their WWII forebears
HO CHI MINH’S ART OF WAR
The leadership of North Vietnam’s revolutionary premier succeeded in defeating the colonial French state, and later South Vietnam and its Western allies
PETER BADCOE
This major of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam displayed conspicuous bravery on three separate occasions, leading members of the territorial forces of South Vietnam in Thua Thiên-Hué Province
BOMBER COMMAND: THEIR FINEST HOUR
In June 1944, the Allied invasion fleet launched to begin the liberation of Occupied Europe did so in a cocoon of protective air power. Fighters swept ahead and above; maritime patrol aircraft shielded the flanks; and vast fleets of transport aircraft carried the paratroopers who would seize bridges and causeways behind enemy lines. An often overlooked contribution to Operation Overlord was the role of the heavy bombers, who attacked the Nazi shore defences and carried out several other critical missions that paved the way for Allied success
SHERMAN THE MAKING OF A WAR WINNER
The M4 Sherman medium tank was produced in huge numbers during WWII and became the Allies' most prominent yet controversial land weapon of the conflict
