Battles

Pivotal military engagements that have decided the fates of nations.

Black and white photograph of e 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, coming ashore during the Normandy Landings

The soldier awarded a Victoria Cross on D-Day
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A photograph showing the front view of a Lancaster Bomber

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The 617 Squadron is 1943

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Military evacuation of Dunkirk during World War 2

After Dunkirk
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A photograph from the Second Battle of El Alamein

The major who led his men into battle with an umbrella
Royal Air Force Boulton Paul Defiant Mk Is of No. 264 Squadron RAF (including L7026 "PS-V" and N1535 "PS-A") based at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 1940.

The Battle of Britain