The charge of the light, battle illustration

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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and known as the Kingmaker, meets his end at the battle of Barnet in 1471

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Battle of Barnet: This lively, if inaccurate, 15th- century illustration of the shows a coronet- wearing Edward skewering Warwick with his lance

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The Battle Of Towton, fought on 29 March 1461, was brutal clash in the driving snow fought during the Wars of the Roses

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The battle of Towton: did the biggest, bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil take place during the Wars of the Roses?

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Learning the hard way: soldiers struggle to move a field gun through the Flanders mud. The key to victory in the west was the Allies’ ability to effect one of the “most consequential technologies and tactical transformations in the history of war,” says Nick Lloyd. (Photo by Getty Images)

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The 'Alexander Mosaic' showing Alexander the Great

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Alexander the Great: all you need to know about the empire builder and military genius

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A photograph of the battle of Moscow, 1942, first printed in Signal, a magazine published by the German Third Reich from 1940 to 1945. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Operation Barbarossa: why Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was his greatest mistake

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Spitfires under construction at the Vickers Supermarine works in Southampton, around 1940

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An engraving of the thin Red Line, depicting the 93rd Regiment at the battle of Balaklava

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US marines advance up Iwo Jima's beaches

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The battle for Iwo Jima: why did it happen and why was it so hard fought?

A decoy rubber tank such as those used by the Allies during WW2.

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Illustration of Despite being outnumbered, the Greeks gained vital supremacy at sea over the Persians at the battle of Salamis in 480 BC

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The Peloponnesian War: Athens fights Sparta for dominance in ancient Greece

Otto von Bismarck, pictured on horseback, was instrumental in the creation of a unified German state and was among the most influential politicians of late 19th-century Europe.(Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Margaret MacMillan gives a lecture on the reasons for conflict throughout history – and how warfare has shaped the human story (Photo by Getty Images)

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Speech of Adolf Hitler to the Reichstag inthe Kroll Opera in Berlin after the Declaration of war to the USA, in addition to the lectern to the right: Press Chief Otto Dietrich and the personal adjutant of Hitler Albert Bormann the Brigade Commander o

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"One of the most puzzling decisions of WW2": Ian Kershaw on why Hitler declared war on America

A fanciful engraving imagines Peter the Hermit presenting Pope Urban II (centre) with a letter from Simeon II

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Launching the First Crusade

Alphonse de Neuville's 1880 painting 'The Defence of Rorke's Drift'. The battle was to become a "supreme symbol of imperial heroism". (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)

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An engraving depicting London's Piccadilly Circus heaving with crowds on their way to The Great Exhibition of 1851. A banner reading 'God save the Queen and Prince Albert' has been strung across the street. Within the Crystal Palace some 100,000 objects were displayed – taking up ten miles of space – the work of 15,000 contributors. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

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From the Great Exhibition to the Festival of Britain: the decline and fall of the British empire

English cavalry attacking the Sikh at the Battle of Aliwal

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Illustration of the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War

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Victorians and war: which conflicts were fought during the Victorian era?

Richard III

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