Scientists with expertise in mud and peat were a key part of planning the Normandy landings in 1944.
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The last invasion of Britain involved bungled military plans, sozzled soldiers and a legendary Welshwoman wielding a pitchfork.
When black American troops stationed in an English town faced off against white US Army military police.
The Charge of the Light Brigade was brave but fruitless. Could it have worked if the feuding British leaders had interpreted their orders differently?
What are the ethics of teaching children about the army as part of the national curriculum?
Both sides claimed victory after the German and British fleets met off the coast of Denmark, 100 years ago.
Calculus helped determined the outcome of World War I’s biggest naval battle, 100 years ago.
The decision to ‘ban’ relatives of British servicemen to the commemoration of the 1916 Battle of Fromelles is wrongheaded.
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Laughton Professor of Naval History, Department of War Studies, King's College London
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Professor of Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematics, University of York
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Reader in History, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Operations Research, Brock University
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Reader, Departments of Biology and Mathematics, University of York
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the LSE, University of Birmingham
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Research Professor in the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in History, York St John University
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Professor in English and American Studies, University of Central Lancashire
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Professor in Natural Sciences, Bangor University
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate and Project Coordinator, Aberystwyth University
