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On 19 March 2003, a combined force from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq. The British effort was codenamed Operation Telic and saw the largest gathering of British troops since the Second World War.

Professor Ian Beckett explores the now forgotten phenomenon of panorama paintings

Centre of the first great Slav civilisation in the tenth century, then divided between warring neighbours for a millennium, Ukraine finally won independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

During the First and Second World Wars, the Indian Army's duties increase on a global scale, requiring rapid expansion. This, in turn, created an increased need for Indian Army officers.

Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War, Al Murray

John Willis writes about the forgotten story of the Allied prisoners of war who survived the devastating Nagasaki nuclear bomb, one of the greatest survival stories of the Second World War.

Rupert Wieloch explores the second battle of El Alamein, its key events and its importance in the context of the Second World War.

Andrew Hoskins and Matthew Ford discuss how digital devices have shaped the ways in which contemporary war is viewed, understood and fought.

Emma Hanna explores the use of music and its wide-ranging importance to the British armed forces during the First World War.

Between January and August 1947 the conflicting political, religious and social tensions in India culminated in independence from Britain and the creation of Pakistan.

John Campbell reveals Haldane's intensely personal side through previously unpublished private correspondence, and shows his enormous relevance in our search for just societies today

The first comprehensive single-volume history of India's soldiers in the British Empire, written with flair and rich in detail, this book offers a vital new perspective to mark the 75th anniversary of Indian independence.