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A 1916 photograph of a British 18-pounder artillery gun on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A March 1942 photograph of a 'Quad' artillery tractor pulling a 25-pdr artillery gun, British Eighth Army, during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of a German 88mm artillery gun destroyed at the First Battle of El Alamein (July 1942) during the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of a Vickers machine gun position of the British Eighth Army at the First Battle of El Alamein (July 1942) during the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)

A c. March 1942 photograph of a Soviet Red Army unit using a Maxim heavy machine gun. (Imperial War Museums)

A perfectly intact gun carriage has been lifted from the Thames. It is from the huge 17th Century warship, the London. Experts say that this is the best example of this naval equipment from the period in existence. A team has been diving...

The Desert Rats was the nickname of the 7th Armoured Division of the British Eighth Army, which first fought in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). Fighting in the Western Desert Campaigns and the North Africa Campaign, the...

The Mary Rose was a carrack warship built for the Royal Navy of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547). The ship infamously sank in the Solent off the south coast of England on 19 July 1545, probably because water entered its open gun ports...

The Xia Dynasty (c. 2070-1600 BCE) was the first government to emerge in ancient China and the first to adopt the policy of dynastic succession. Consequently, the Xia was the first dynasty of China. Long regarded as a mythical construct of...

D-Day was the first day of Operation Overlord, the Allied attack on German-occupied Western Europe, which began on the beaches of Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. Primarily US, British, and Canadian troops, with naval and air support, attacked...