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A photograph of abandoned French artillery during the Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916), one of the major battles of the First World War (1914-18), which ultimately ended in a French victory over German forces.

A map of the Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916), one of the major battles of the First World War (1914-18) which ended in a French victory over German forces.

A 1918 photograph of a Canadian soldier writing while in a trench on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1900 photograph of the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869-1928).

An infographic of the most iconic military machines from the Second World War (1939-45). WWII marked a decisive shift in the nature of warfare, as victory depended not only on...

Portrait of Jefferson Davis two years before he became president of the Confederate States of America, photograph by Julian Vannerson, 1859. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Portrait of Jefferson Davis in his later years at his home of Beauvoir in Mississippi, photograph by Edward L. Wilson, c. 1885. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Around 1065, the geopolitical landscape of North Africa and the western Mediterranean was marked by fragmentation, migration, and the rise of new regional powers...

The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) were a prolonged series of dynastic civil wars that destabilized England during the late 15th century, fought between two rival branches of...

The Merovingians (c. 481–751 CE) were a Frankish dynasty that rose to prominence in the late 5th century CE, unifying diverse Frankish tribes across regions that now include France, western Germany...