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Black British service personnel in world war 2

Lives that mattered – the black experience of WW2

A new book examines the black lives involved in Britain’s Second World War effort

Illustration of Gurkha soldiers in Burma during World War 2

Welcome To The Jungle - Exploits Of The Gurkhas In Wartime Burma

French knights attack English knights and archers at Agincourt in 1415

Did Agincourt archers really invent swearing with a two-fingered salute V-sign?

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Bull your boots: The art of polishing for a military shine

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Gin and tonic: Its military history and the origins of Dutch courage

SAS Iranian Embassy Siege

The Day The SAS Became Famous: Operation Nimrod And The Iranian Embassy

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GPMG: The world's deadliest machine gun

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British Military Slang Or Phrases You Need To Know 2

What do the Armed Forces say you can and can't do with your facial hair?

Guardsmen on parade

Military tips on staying cool in a heatwave

Destroyed Ukrainian military vehicles in a warehouse on the Illich steelworks in Mariupol.

What are the international rules of war?

A Royal Air Force Hawk T1 jet (Picture: Sgt ‘Matty’ Matthews RAF / UK MOD Crown Copyright).

Why has the MOD withdrawn the Hawk jet from service now?

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Do you want to take control of your finances?

Russian tanks destroyed in the outskirts of Kyiv with Wolverines sprayed on the barrel (Picture: Piero Cruciatti/Alamy).

Wolverines: Ukrainian graffiti inspired by 80s film sprayed on wrecked Russian tanks

A TikTok screenshot of Anatoly Stefan, aka @Alexhook2302, riding motorbike to AC/DC. (Picture: TikTok / @Alexhook2302).

Thunderstruck: Ukrainian soldier rocks to AC/DC following Nirvana video to troll Russia

A screenshot of Ukrainian troops dancing to Nirvana in a post on Twitter (Picture: Twitter /@Shtirlitz53).

Ukraine's troops troll Russia by dancing to Nirvana's 'Here we are now, entertain us' lyrics

Chief Petty Officer Sailor HMS Richmond Reunited Children Her Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth DNI

10 Signs You Were A Military Child

Citizen Brick’s Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky minifigure on a computer screen. (Picture: Kathy deWitt / Alamy Stock Photo).

LEGO-inspired Zelensky and Molotov cocktail toys raise thousands for Ukraine