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British Museum, London.

The British evacuate Boston in March 1776, after the Siege of Boston (19 April 1775 to 17 March 1776), in the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Image by William James Aylward, 1911. New...

British warships attempting to sail up the Hudson River but being fired upon by Fort Washington and Fort Lee, October 1776. Oil on canvas by Thomas Mitchell after Dominic Serres...

A 1918 British poster to raise funds for weapons during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A July 1940 photograph of British soldiers with an armoured car in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A detail of an 18th-century oil painting by Samuel Scott showing the British attack on Portobelo in November 1739 by Admiral Vernon. Portobelo, now in Panama, was a major port on the Spanish Main and a collection...

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 showing British commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade attacking Sword Beach on D-Day 6 June 1944. The brigade was led by Lord Lovat (seen in the photo on the right of the column wading in the sea...

A photograph of a British naval convoy in the Atlantic Ocean, a strategy adopted during the First World War (1914-18) to minimise losses to German U-boats. As additional protection, the ships are sailing a zigzag course. Imperial...

An oil-on-canvas painting by Robert Henry Smith of British battleships and battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland (May-June 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)