Images

A photograph showing Allied troops under Axis fire during the Second Battle of El Alamein (Oct-Nov 1942) in the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing a Martin Baltimore bomber of the Allied Desert Air Force bombing targets behind the Axis lines during the Second Battle of El Alamein (Oct-Nov 1942) in the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North...

A photograph showing US-made Sherman tanks of the British Eight Army during the Second Battle of El Alamein (Oct-Nov 1942) in the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of British General Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976) having a break with his tank protection crew shortly after the Second Battle of El Alamein (Oct-Nov 1942) during the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North...

Artist's depiction of the ambush of Jumonville's French troops by Washington and Tanacharison, 28 May 1754. In this depiction, Jumonville is shown as having been killed in cold blood. Illustration from La régence et Louis Quinze by Alexandre...

A young George Washington surveys the property of Lord Thomas Fairfax in the Shenandoah Valley in 1748. Illustration from The Northwest under three flags, 1635-1796 by Charles Moore, 1900.

George Washington and his guide Christopher Gist cross the Alleghany River on a raft in late December 1753; after falling overboard, Washington is saved from drowning by Gist. By Daniel Huntington, 1845.

George Washington (right, on horseback) rallies the British troops at the Battle of the Monongahela (9 July 1755), also known as Braddock's Defeat, during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). Originally named Washington the Soldier, oil...

Colonel George Washington in the uniform of the Virginia Regiment, oil on canvas portrait by Charles Willson Peale, 1772. Washington and Lee University.

Statue of Saint Paul by Adamo Tadolini, in front of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican.