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Turkish prisoners after General Brooking's victory at Ramadi, September 1917
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During 1914-18, British troops fought the Turks in Mesopotamia. After many setbacks, they finally took Baghdad in March 1917. This marked the high point of a long and tragic campaign fought in a harsh climate.
Storming of Amoy, 1841
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Between 1839 and 1842, British-Indian forces fought a war with Imperial China that served the interests of opium smugglers. Their resulting victory opened up the lucrative Chinese trade to British merchants.
Ted Senior during his time as a prisoner of war, c1943
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Ted Senior was captured by the Japanese during the Second World War and forced to work on the Thai-Burma ‘Death Railway'. The diary he kept reveals the horrific conditions that he and his fellow prisoners endured.
Ted Senior during his time as a prisoner of war, c1943
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We run a programme of curriculum-linked workshops taught by museum staff in our Foyle Centre.
Sherman tanks in the town of Asten in the Netherlands, January 1945
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In January 1945, the overarching priority for the Army remained winning the war, and – for its soldiers in Europe at least – seeing off the cold, wintry weather.
British and Gurkha troops, 1917
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The struggle against the Turks in Egypt and Palestine began with a test of endurance and engineering in harsh desert terrain. It evolved into a fast-moving mobile campaign, which resulted in Allied victory and the fall of the Ottoman Empire.
The British landing at Rangoon, 11 May 1824
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Frontier clashes between British India and the Burmese Empire escalated into a full-blown war that lasted from 1824 to 1826. This conflict resulted in parts of Burma coming under the control of the East India Company.
British infantry vehicles advancing, Iraq, 1991
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The war against Iraq in 1990-91 saw the largest single deployment of British troops since the Second World War. Altogether, about 35,000 British servicemen and women served in the campaign.
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at the Yalta Conference, 1945
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In February 1945, as the fighting continued on all fronts, formal plans began to take shape for how the world would look once the war was won.
Scottish poppy
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Artificial poppies were first sold in Britain in 1921 and have since become one of the main symbols of Remembrance. This Scottish poppy dates from the early days of the Poppy Appeal.
The 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers with Achilles tank destroyers near Ferrara, April 1945
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From 1943 to 1945, the Allies fought an attritional campaign in Italy against a resolute and skilful enemy. Far from being the ‘soft underbelly of Europe’, Italy became one of the Second World War’s most exhausting campaigns.
'First to Fight' book cover
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Buy a copy of Roger Moorhouse’s dramatic retelling of the German invasion of Poland during the Second World War.