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A January 1941 photograph showing a British Matilda tank with a captured Italian flag and its way to Tobruk. The attack on Tobruk was part of Operation Compass (9 Dec 40 - 7 Feb 41), the Allied offensive which won several important victories...

A photograph taken during the Christmas Truce of 1914 on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). British troops from the Northumberland Hussars, 7th Division, Bridoux-Rouge Banc Sector. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph taken in May 1941 showing a British soldier protecting himself against a sandstorm during the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of the British airship R23 during the First World War (1914-18). The airship has a Sopwith Camel biplane attached which could be released mid-air to attack enemy Zeppelin airships at higher altitudes. (Imperial War Museums)

A British grenadier from the 40th Regiment of Foot circa 1767. Published in the Historical Records of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment by R. H. Raymond Smythies, 1894.

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, c. 1776-1799. National Maritime Museum of London, England.

A photograph of British glider planes landed near Arnhem in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden in the Second World War (1939-45). The operation, carried out in September 1944, aimed to take several important bridges across the...

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)

A photograph taken in the spring of 1943 showing a British artillery gun crew firing against Axis positions in the Tunisian desert during the North Africa Campaign of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1942 photograph of a British tank regiment soldier shaving in the desert in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)