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Two US Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats, carrier-based fighters that participated in the Pacific War during the Second World War (1939-45), photographed by Second Class H.S. Fawcett on 10 April 1942. Both of these aircraft participated...

The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, photograph taken by an unknown photographer in September 1941. The ship was badly damaged in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45...

The USS Yorktown aircraft carrier in February 1942. The Yorktown would play an important role in both the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway later that year in the Pacific War against Japan during the Second World...

The final moments of the USS Lexington aircraft carrier in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives...

A map of the Coral Sea in the south-west Pacific Ocean.

Ancient Britons opposing the Roman landings, illustration by Joseph Martin Kronheim, included in Pictures of English History: From the Earliest Times to the Present Period, plates I - IV, London, 1868. This...

Jewelry from Roman Britain, Chalkwell, circa 200 CE. This assortment of personal ornaments showcases the broad spectrum of jewelry and adornments worn by the elite of Roman Britain. These objects show both the presence...

Tasciovanus stater coin with wreath, horse, and armed rider, The Norweb Collection 1969.151, England, Catuvellauni, circa 20 BCE to 10 CE. A stater was an ancient medium of exchange in the form of a coin made of electrum...

General George B. McClellan with staff and dignitaries, photograph appearing in The Photographic History of the Civil War (1911), 1861. From left to right: Gen. George W. Morell, Lt. Col. A. V. Colburn...

Portrait of George B. McClellan, oil on canvas by Julian Scott, 1888. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.