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Portrait of Benjamin Lincoln, a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (no relation to Abraham Lincoln, 16th US president). Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, October 1784. Independence National Historical...

Portrait of Archibald Campbell, British army officer who captured Savannah, Georgia, in December 1778 during the American Revolutionary War. Oil on canvas portrait by George Romney, c. 1790. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Map depicting the Siege of Savannah, 16 September to 20 October 1779. Illustration from page 171 of the book British Battles on Land and Sea Vol. 2, by James Grant, London, 1873.

Casimir Pulaski is mortally wounded while leading the American cavalry on 9 October 1779 at the Siege of Savannah. Illustration from page 442 of Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the...

A 1941 photograph of maintenance being carried out on a Hawker Hurricane fighter in Libya during the North African campaign in the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1941 photograph of a flight of Sea Hurricanes, the naval equivalent of the RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter plane. (Imperial War Museums)

A 1942 colour photograph of a Hawker Hurricane Mrk. IIC. The fighter is painted in black for night duties. (Imperial War Museums)

The Hawker Hurricane was the most numerous RAF fighter plane in the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 and deployed throughout the Second World War (1939-45) in various theatres of the conflict. Photograph taken at the Duxford Battle...

A Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIb photographed at Dunsfold Wings and Wheels air show. The Hurricane was the most numerous RAF fighter plane in the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940.

Château de Montsoreau, Maine et Loire, France. Built on the site of a medieval castle from 1450, the Château de Montsoreau welcomed many prestigious guests, including Louis XI of France (r. 1461-1483), Anne of Brittany (l. 1477-1514) and...