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East African soldiers with a captured Japanese flag, 1944 
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The Far East campaign

Between December 1941 and August 1945, British Commonwealth troops and their allies fought a bitter war across the vast expanses of Asia and the Pacific Ocean against a tenacious and often brutal enemy.

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Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers, Helmand, 2011
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A timeline of women in the Army

Since 2018, all British Army combat roles have been open to female soldiers. However, the history of women's service in the Army stretches much further back in time.

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Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery, 1942
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Bernard Law Montgomery: Unbeatable and unbearable

Arrogant, unlikeable, but ultimately successful, Field Marshal Montgomery was one of the most prominent British commanders of the Second World War.

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Global Role gallery
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Global Role gallery

Explore the global role of Britain’s armies from the age of empire, through the First and Second World Wars, to the international crises of the modern era.

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Walter Tull character actor
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Soldier Stories: Walter Tull

Meet characters, both real and imagined, from the Army’s past and hear their amazing stories in our galleries.

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Walter Tull character actor
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Soldier Stories: Walter Tull

Meet characters, both real and imagined, from the Army’s past and hear their amazing stories in our galleries.

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A gun of the Elswick Battery during the advance from Lydenburg to Watervalonder, 1900
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Boer War artillery volunteers

A rare Boer War naval gun, one of only three of its type remaining in Britain, sheds light on the largely unknown role of artillery volunteers in the South African war.

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'Burying the Enemy' book cover
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Burying the Enemy

Join Professor Tim Grady as he shares some poignant examples of British and German communities burying the war dead of their enemy during times of conflict.

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A soldier from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment fights a boxer from Oxford University, 2009
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Sport and preparing troops for war

The Army has long believed that sport prepares men and women for combat by increasing fitness, channelling aggression and instilling discipline.

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Gerry Chester, during training with the Royal Tank Regiment, c1942
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Sergeant Arthur ‘Gerry’ Chester

Gerry Chester served with the tanks of the North Irish Horse in North Africa and Italy during the Second World War. Like other tankmen, he forged a close bond with his crew mates, with whom he endured many hardships and combat actions.

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The South Staffordshire Regiment
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The South Staffordshire Regiment

The South Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, active between 1881 and 1959.

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Blood-stained and torn tunic of Fulham soldier to be displayed in Chelsea's National Army Museum
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Blood-stained and torn tunic of Fulham soldier to be displayed in Chelsea's National Army Museum

he battle-worn tunic of a local First World War soldier is to go on display in Chelsea's National Army Museum when it re-opens next year as a poignant reminder of the brutality of trench warfare - specifically the Battle of the Somme. The Museum also tells the story of Captain George Johnson on its First World War in Focus online portal.

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