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The London Blitz was the sustained bombing of Britain's capital by the German and Italian air forces from September 1940 to May 1941 during the Second World War (1939-45). The objective was to bomb Britain into submission, but despite almost...

The Portuguese built an empire from 1420 onwards that was largely composed of trade centres dotted around the coasts of three continents. This colonial enterprise was driven by a search for African gold, Asian spices, and Christian kingdoms...

A 1942-5 photograph of a gunner in the nose of a U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber during the Second World War (1939-45).

The Second Continental Congress was the body of delegates that governed the Thirteen Colonies and, later, the United States during the American Revolutionary War. Between its first session in May 1775 and its disbandment in March 1781, the...

A photograph of an Avro Lancaster bomber over the German city of Hamburg during a bombing raid of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums Collection)

An aerial photograph showing the bomb damage following the thousand-bomber raid on Cologne in 1942. (Australian War Memorial)

A photograph taken in May 1944 of a United States Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber over Berlin. The bomber has been damaged by bombs dropped from another plane in the formation. (Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum)

A c. 1944 photograph of a group of U.S. B-17 Flying Fortress bombers carpet bombing - when the formation dropped their loads simultaneously.

A photograph of a USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress over Schweinfurt, hit because of its ball-bearing factories in August and again in October 1943.

The American Revolution (1765-1789) was a period of political upheaval in the Thirteen Colonies of British North America. Initially a protest over parliamentary taxes, it blossomed into a rebellion and led, ultimately, to the birth of the...