The charge of the light, battle illustration

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Picture depicting the Dogger Bank Incident

20th Century

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American forces advance through the Ardennes forest during the battle of the Bulge. (Photo by George Silk/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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Photo of the Cenotaph in London

First World War

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Photo of a remembrance poppy

First World War

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A 19th-century illustration depicting the battle of Agincourt.

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A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

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A portrait of Joan of Arc,

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Red Army tank drivers on a street in the city of Rakov, Poland

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First World War

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Second World War soldiers

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King Ecgfrith of Northumbria

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Soldiers guard England's south coast behind a bank of banned wire on 2 September 1940

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Second World War

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Bust of Emperor Alexander Severus

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Picture of Lord Kitchener's recruitment poster

First World War

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A colour image of military guns during World War One

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A detail of a fresco of Hannibal riding his elephant. It is estimated he took as many as 40 elephants when he marched an army across the Alps and into northern Italy. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)

Roman

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First World War

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Photo of a poppy growing in a preserved WWI trench

First World War

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Period

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