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History of War
THE DIVINE WIND
With his invasion forces scattered by storms, the Khan planned yet another attempt to conquer Japan
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History of War
TIMELINE OF THE...MONGOL INVASIONS OF JAPAN
The Mongol ruler Kublai Khan leads several attacks on the Japanese islands and is met by ferocious resistance
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History of War
THE KHAN'S MARCH TO WAR
In the late 13th century, the ruler of the vast Mongol Empire set his sights east in search of new lands to conquer
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History of War
PETAIN VERDUN HERO OR VICHY TRAITOR?
Philippe Pétain, Marshal of France and hero of Verdun during WWI, tarnished his reputation beyond redemption as a collaborator with the Nazis during WWII and head of the puppet Vichy government
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Heroes of the Victoria Cross TUL BAHADUR PUN
In June 1944, as Allied forces began re-establishing dominance in Burma, a Gurkha Chindit stormed Japanese positions on a railway bridge to save his comrades, earning him the British Empire’s highest military honour
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ECHOES OF THE PAST
THIS DISTURBING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING STUDY OF MEMORY AND LOSS SHINES A LIGHT ON A DARK CHAPTER IN GREEK HISTORY
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BENEDICTION
A SOMBRE AND HEART-WRENCHING BIOPIC ABOUT THE TRAUMATISED WORLD WAR I POET SIEGFRIED SASSOON
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JAPAN'S ROAD TO WAR
Less than a century after emerging from cultural and economic isolation, Imperial Japan’s expansion led to a confrontation with the nation that had first disturbed its solitude
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THE DEMISE OF BRAVO TWO ZERO
During the 1991 Gulf War, an SAS operation in the Iraqi desert went terribly wrong
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JAMES ALLEN WARD
In July 1941, 13,000ft above the Dutch coastline in a severely damaged Wellington bomber, this New Zealand airman clambered onto his aircraft’s wing to put out a fire and save his comrades
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TURNING THE TIDE - Q&A WITH HISTORIAN JOHN WUKOVITS
Though Imperial Japan began on the front foot in 1941, several critical battles sealed victory for the Allies in 1945
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MUSEUMS & EVENTS
Discover the Imperial War Museum’s new all-day festival, renovations happening to the Scapa Flow Museum, and Chatham Historic Dockyard’s exhibition about the wreck of HMS Invincible
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FROM PEARL HARBOR TO GUADALCANAL
After the disaster in Hawaii, the US employed an island-hopping strategy in the Pacific, carefully choosing where to strike in order to suffocate Japan’s sprawling occupation of the theatre
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PLATAEA
2,500 years ago an alliance of a few Greek city-states defeated the invading army of the mighty Persian empire, saving Greece and securing the future of European civilisation
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HITLER'S TIGER ACE
Michael Wittmann, aka the Black Baron, was a hugely successful panzer commander and propaganda icon for the Nazis. His role in the Waffen-SS left a dark legacy
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History of War
DOWNFALL - THE INVASION OF JAPAN
Without a swift end to the war in sight, the Allies planned a gruelling campaign on the Japanese home islands – a potentially costly operation avoided only by the use of nuclear weapons and Japan’s surrender
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AMERICA'S FIRST COMMANDER IN CHIEF
A Founding Father, military hero of the revolution and the nation’s first president – but how much of his story is fact, and how much fiction?
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