Images

A 1918 photograph of British soldiers on the Western Front using a Lewis machine-gun during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of a single-seater Sopwith Camel biplane, one of the most successful fighters in the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

Statue of Moses Austin, City Hall Plaza, San Antonio, Texas. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2014. Father of Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas", Moses initiated the settlement of the region that would be completed by...

Stephen F. Austin grave monument at Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas. Photograph by Billy Hathorn, 2013.

The Achaemenid Persian Empire emerged in the mid-6th century BCE when Cyrus II (reign 559–530 BCE) united the Persian tribes and overthrew the Median kingdom (c. 550 BCE), establishing a new imperial state...

A map of the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-6 in the Dardanelles during the First World War (1914-18). (Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales)

A c. 1914 photograph of Winston Churchill (1874-1965), then First Lord of the Admiralty. Elliot & Fry Photographers. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

An April 1915 photograph of Australian troops, members of the ANZAC, landing during the failed Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-16 in the Dardanelles during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London...

A November 1915 photograph of New Zealand troops, members of the ANZAC, about to land during the failed Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-6 in the Dardanelles during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A December 1915 photograph of a Maori soldier, member of the ANZAC, taken in the trenches during the failed Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-6 in the Dardanelles during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)