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ARROYO DRUMS
Capturing these instruments during the Peninsula War secured 'The Cumberland Gentleman' a unique battle honour
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DEATH IN DERRY
MARTIN MCGUINNESS AND THE DERRY IRA'S WAR AGAINST THE BRITISH
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MINSK 1941 DEATH IN THE POCKET
During the early days Operation Barbarossa, Army Group Centre's rapid advance surrounded hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers in the Białystok-Minsk area. What ensued was a catastrophic defeat for the Soviet defenders
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WHAT IF...RUSSIA SIGNED A SECOND PACT WITH GERMANY
With casualties mounting and citizens starving, what effect would Stalin striking another deal with Hitler have had?
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HEROES OF THE VICTORIA CROSS ALI HAIDAR
In WWII's final weeks, this British Indian Army sepoy was severely wounded in Italy while silencing multiple German machine gun nests
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COLD HARBOR
By the late spring of 1864, Ulysses S Grant's Army of the Potomac was battering its way south towards Richmond, but his forces would reach their nadir along a crossroads north of the Confederate capital
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WWII THIS MONTH...80 JULY 1945 ANNIVERSARY
To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict
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CARRIER KILLERS
Is the US Navy still dominant in the Pacific, or is its era of ascendancy under threat?
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GOEBBELS AND THE FÜHRER
AN UNSETTLING YET TIMELY REMINDER THAT EVEN HISTORY'S WORST DEMAGOGUES WERE HUMAN
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THE NAME OF TREASON VIDKUN QUISLING
Though his name became a byword for treason, this Norwegian Nazi collaborator maintained his innocence right to the end
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FIERCE BUT FLAWED? KING TIGER
The Tiger II was the largest tank used by Nazi Germany in WWII, but the behemoth was problem-prone and never had the impact on the battlefield its creators had sought
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DEFENDING BRITAIN
In the event of a Nazi invasion, Britain would have deployed a network of deadly defences to impede the enemy at every turn
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REFLECTIONS OF WAR
FORGOTTEN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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SWORD D-DAY TRIAL BY BATTLE
READ ABOUT THE TRIUMPHS AND TRAGEDIES OF THE COMMAND BRIGADE ON A SINGLE BRITISH BEACH AND BEYOND DURING THE D-DAY INVASION OF NORMANDY
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MARY ROSE GUN-SHIELD
During the excavation of Henry VIII's flagship the Mary Rose, divers discovered the wooden elements of up to eight shields which would originally have been fitted with matchlock guns
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EAST AFRICA'S FORGOTTEN WAR
Why Sudan has suffered seven decades of conflict and military coups
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KALININGRAD ORIGINS OF RUSSIA'S EXCLAVE
Formerly the Prussian stronghold of Königsberg, since 1945 this region has been a Soviet, then Russian, foothold in Eastern Europe
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KINMEN LAST FRONTLINE OF FREE CHINA
In this first of a two-part series, read how when faced with total defeat, China's Nationalists held on to a small island off the Fujian coast and defended it at all costs
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OVER COLD WAR SEAS
NATO AND SOVIET NAVAL AVIATION, 1949-89
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EAGLE DAYS
LIFE AND DEATH FOR THE LUFTWAFFE IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
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TODAY'S COLD WAR "INFINITELY MORE COMPLEX"
Renowned historian challenges comparisons between the Cold War and the modern world, where the stakes, players and rules of engagement are multidimensional
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PARASET RESISTANCE RADIO
This set was concealed in a suitcase and parachuted to a resistance operative in Mons, Belgium
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THE US HAD STAYED OUT OF THE GREAT WAR?
A prolonged conflict, a modified Treaty of Versailles and no League of Nations may have transpired without direct American involvement in WWI
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HOW TO END A WAR LESSONS FROM KOREA
It took two years of negotiations for an armistice to be signed between the UN, North Korea and China. Even then, an official peace has never truly broken out. Is this the bleak blueprint that may be followed today?
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OVER THE WALL: A BRIXMIS INTELLIGENCE OFFICER BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN
A COLD WAR INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVE PENS HIS CONTROVERSIAL MEMOIR
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IRON AIRMEN HOW THE LUFTWAFFE PREPARED FOR THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Ruthlessly demanding recruitment and training forged a formidable Luftwaffe by 1940 – but as combat that year shows, insufficient foresight can humble even the deadliest of foes
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THE FALL OF SAIGON 50 YEARS LATER
Starved of American support, the Republic of Vietnam was swept away by an unstoppable invasion
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REPUBLICAN F-105 THUNDERCHIEF
The mighty ‘Thud’ was a mainstay of the air war over Vietnam
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250 YEARS OF SERVICE
The USA's standing army maintains traditions and remains prepared for the defence of the country in the 21st century
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LECHAEUM
The Spartan hoplite was one of the most revered figures in ancient Greek warfare. But they met their match at Lechaeum, defeated by a force of lightly armed peltasts
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