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 Napoleon defeated at Leipzig |
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| France's enemies parade in Paris |
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| Napoleon escapes from Elba |
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| Napoleon back in Paris |
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| Battle of Waterloo |
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| Waterloo Campaign medal
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| Napoleon hopes to live in Britain |
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| Napoleon sent to St Helena |
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| Britain and France join Crimean War |
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1854 |
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| Charge of the Light Brigade |
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| End of Crimean War |
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| Crimean War heroes, 1857
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1914 |
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| Recruitment poster, 1914
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| World War I begins |
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1914 |
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| Armies dig in for long spell |
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1914 |
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| Battle of the Somme |
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1916 |
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| British battalion diary for first day of Somme offensive
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| Wilfred Owen invalided home |
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1917 |
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| Record of the injuries of Wilfred Owen in 1917
National Archives, Kew
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| World War I ends |
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1918 |
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| Hitler openly rearms Germany |
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1935 |
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| World War II begins |
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1939 |
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| Call-up poster for the British Empire in World War II
National Archives, Kew
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| Hitler invades Poland |
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1939 |
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| Dam Busters raid Ruhr valleys |
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1943 |
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| Record book of the Dam Busters raid in 1943
National Archives, Kew
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| Argentinians invade Falklands |
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1982 |
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| Argentinians surrender in Falklands War |
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1982 |
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| Instrument of Surrender at the end of the Falklands War
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| Argentinian leader resigns |
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