Images

The shoulder flash of the British 7th Armoured Division showing a jerboa, a small rodent with a long tail that is native to the deserts of North Africa and Asia. The badge gave the division its lasting nickname, the 'Desert Rats'. The division...

A photograph taken in October 1942 showing a British soldier watching the approach of a sandstorm in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph taken in May 1941 showing a British soldier protecting himself against a sandstorm during the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

Cheyenne warrior Mochi ("Buffalo Calf", l. c. 1841-1881), pictured on the right, took up arms against US government forces after surviving the Sand Creek Massacre of 29 November 1864. Prior to the massacre, she was among those seeking peaceful...

Sand Creek Massacre site marker, 1985, characterizing the event as a "battle".

Arapaho dress made from tanned leather, silk ribbon, and glass beads, c. 1940. Joe Grandee Collection, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City.

A photograph taken 8 May 1943 showing the Allied victory parade in Tunis, Tunisia after the victorious North Africa Campaign of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph taken in April 1943 showing the first soldiers to meet from the British Eighth Army (Lance Sergeant Brown) and the 1st US Armored Division (Sergeant A. Randall) as both armies linked-up to attack the remaining Axis armies in...

A 1943 photograph showing three burnt-out German panzers, destroyed by Allied anti-tank guns in the Tunisian desert during the North Africa Campaign of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph taken in the spring of 1943 showing a British artillery gun crew firing against Axis positions in the Tunisian desert during the North Africa Campaign of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)