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A column of German Panzer III tanks in Rostov, after the Germans captured the city on 21 November 1941. A Soviet counterattack on the overextended German forces would see the Germans driven out of the city on 28 November and forced to withdraw back to Taganrog.
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A column of German Panzer III tanks in Rostov, after the Germans captured the city on 21 November 1941. A Soviet counterattack on the overextended German forces would see the Germans driven out of the city on 28 November and forced to withdraw back to Taganrog.
11th (Service) Battalion (Donegal and Fermanagh), Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in a captured German trench near Havrincourt on 21 November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai. 11th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were part of the 109th Brigade, 36th (Ulster) Division.
📸 IWM (Q 3176)
📸 IWM (Q 3176)
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
11th (Service) Battalion (Donegal and Fermanagh), Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in a captured German trench near Havrincourt on 21 November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai. 11th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were part of the 109th Brigade, 36th (Ulster) Division.
📸 IWM (Q 3176)
📸 IWM (Q 3176)
The German High Seas Fleet in the North Sea en route to the Firth of Forth, where it would surrender on 21 November 1918, before sailing up to Scapa Flow for internment. Flying overhead is the Royal Navy airship NS8.
📸 IWM Q 19293
📸 IWM Q 19293
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The German High Seas Fleet in the North Sea en route to the Firth of Forth, where it would surrender on 21 November 1918, before sailing up to Scapa Flow for internment. Flying overhead is the Royal Navy airship NS8.
📸 IWM Q 19293
📸 IWM Q 19293
British Mark IV (Male) tank of 'H' Battalion, 'Hyacinth', ditched in a German trench while supporting 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment near Ribecourt during the Battle of Cambrai, which began on 20 November 1917.
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
British Mark IV (Male) tank of 'H' Battalion, 'Hyacinth', ditched in a German trench while supporting 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment near Ribecourt during the Battle of Cambrai, which began on 20 November 1917.
British Mark IV Male and Female Tanks of 'C' Battalion, including 'Crusty' and 'Centaur II', loaded aboard a train at Plateau Station in preparation for movement to the forward area prior to the opening of the Battle of Cambrai, which began on 20 November 1917.
📸 IWM (Q 46941)
📸 IWM (Q 46941)
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
British Mark IV Male and Female Tanks of 'C' Battalion, including 'Crusty' and 'Centaur II', loaded aboard a train at Plateau Station in preparation for movement to the forward area prior to the opening of the Battle of Cambrai, which began on 20 November 1917.
📸 IWM (Q 46941)
📸 IWM (Q 46941)
Anti-aircraft crews scan the sky from a Maunsell "army" sea fort in the Thames Estuary on 19 November 1943. The forts were built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War. They were operated as army and navy forts and named for their designer, Guy Maunsell.
📸 IWM (H 34542)
📸 IWM (H 34542)
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Anti-aircraft crews scan the sky from a Maunsell "army" sea fort in the Thames Estuary on 19 November 1943. The forts were built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War. They were operated as army and navy forts and named for their designer, Guy Maunsell.
📸 IWM (H 34542)
📸 IWM (H 34542)
Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) of 617th Assault Squadron Royal Engineers near Geilenkirchen, Germany on 19 November 1944 during Operation CLIPPER. The vehicle is equipped with a 230mm petard mortar, which fired a 40lb round known as the “Flying Dustbin”.
📸 IWM (B 11963)
📸 IWM (B 11963)
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) of 617th Assault Squadron Royal Engineers near Geilenkirchen, Germany on 19 November 1944 during Operation CLIPPER. The vehicle is equipped with a 230mm petard mortar, which fired a 40lb round known as the “Flying Dustbin”.
📸 IWM (B 11963)
📸 IWM (B 11963)
18 November 1941: The Eighth Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Cunningham launched Operation CRUSADER against Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel's German-Italian forces in Libya. The operation's main objectives were to retake Cyrenaica and relieve the Allied garrison under siege at Tobruk.
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
18 November 1941: The Eighth Army under Lieutenant-General Sir Alan Cunningham launched Operation CRUSADER against Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel's German-Italian forces in Libya. The operation's main objectives were to retake Cyrenaica and relieve the Allied garrison under siege at Tobruk.
A view of the Battle of Lützen, fought on 16 November 1632 between the Protestant Swedish-German army, commanded by King Gustavus Adolphus, and the Imperial forces led by Albrecht von Wallenstein during the Thirty Years' War.
📸 Isaak Major / Royal Collection Trust
📸 Isaak Major / Royal Collection Trust
November 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A view of the Battle of Lützen, fought on 16 November 1632 between the Protestant Swedish-German army, commanded by King Gustavus Adolphus, and the Imperial forces led by Albrecht von Wallenstein during the Thirty Years' War.
📸 Isaak Major / Royal Collection Trust
📸 Isaak Major / Royal Collection Trust
A Fairey Albacore torpedo bomber coming in to land on HMS VICTORIOUS at Hvalfjord, Iceland, on 16 November 1941 during a deployment to prevent the German warships ADMIRAL SCHEER and TIRPITZ from breaking out into the Atlantic.
📸 IWM (A 6405)
📸 IWM (A 6405)
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A Fairey Albacore torpedo bomber coming in to land on HMS VICTORIOUS at Hvalfjord, Iceland, on 16 November 1941 during a deployment to prevent the German warships ADMIRAL SCHEER and TIRPITZ from breaking out into the Atlantic.
📸 IWM (A 6405)
📸 IWM (A 6405)
Skeletal remains lie among the ruins of the Palace of Secundra Bagh outside Lucknow, which was assaulted by the 93rd Highland Regiment and 4th Punjab Regiment under the command of Sir Colin Campbell on 16 November 1857. This is believed to be one of the first photographs to depict war casualties.
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Skeletal remains lie among the ruins of the Palace of Secundra Bagh outside Lucknow, which was assaulted by the 93rd Highland Regiment and 4th Punjab Regiment under the command of Sir Colin Campbell on 16 November 1857. This is believed to be one of the first photographs to depict war casualties.
On the night of 15-16 November 1940, 67 RAF Hampden, Whitley, and Wellington bombers hit targets in Hamburg, including the Blohm & Voss shipyard, which was heavily damaged. It was regarded as the most successful raid of the war so far by Bomber Command.
November 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
On the night of 15-16 November 1940, 67 RAF Hampden, Whitley, and Wellington bombers hit targets in Hamburg, including the Blohm & Voss shipyard, which was heavily damaged. It was regarded as the most successful raid of the war so far by Bomber Command.
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Soldiers of the Machine Gun Corps (74th Division) are cheered as they march through the Grand Place, Tournai, on 10 November 1918. Tournai had been captured by the German II Corps on 23 August 1914, and remained in German hands until liberated by the British on 8 November 1918.
📸 IWM (Q 9668)
📸 IWM (Q 9668)
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Soldiers of the Machine Gun Corps (74th Division) are cheered as they march through the Grand Place, Tournai, on 10 November 1918. Tournai had been captured by the German II Corps on 23 August 1914, and remained in German hands until liberated by the British on 8 November 1918.
📸 IWM (Q 9668)
📸 IWM (Q 9668)
12 November 1940: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov met with Adolf Hitler and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Berlin for a conference to discuss spheres of influence between Germany, Italy, Japan and the Soviet Union, and the possibility of the Soviets joining the Axis.
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
12 November 1940: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov met with Adolf Hitler and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Berlin for a conference to discuss spheres of influence between Germany, Italy, Japan and the Soviet Union, and the possibility of the Soviets joining the Axis.
12 November 1944: RAF Lancasters of No. 9 and No. 617 Squadrons carrying 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs attacked and sank the German battleship Tirpitz off Tromsø, Norway. Tirpitz capsized after being hit by two Tallboy bombs and the shockwaves of others that hit the water nearby. Painting by Jim Laurier.
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
12 November 1944: RAF Lancasters of No. 9 and No. 617 Squadrons carrying 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs attacked and sank the German battleship Tirpitz off Tromsø, Norway. Tirpitz capsized after being hit by two Tallboy bombs and the shockwaves of others that hit the water nearby. Painting by Jim Laurier.
Soldiers of the Machine Gun Corps (74th Division) are cheered as they march through the Grand Place, Tournai, on 10 November 1918. Tournai had been captured by the German II Corps on 23 August 1914, and remained in German hands until liberated by the British on 8 November 1918.
📸 IWM (Q 9668)
📸 IWM (Q 9668)
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Soldiers of the Machine Gun Corps (74th Division) are cheered as they march through the Grand Place, Tournai, on 10 November 1918. Tournai had been captured by the German II Corps on 23 August 1914, and remained in German hands until liberated by the British on 8 November 1918.
📸 IWM (Q 9668)
📸 IWM (Q 9668)
21 October 1805: A Royal Navy fleet under Vice-Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson, defeated Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve's combined Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. Prior to the battle, Napoleon had already abandoned his plans of invasion of Britain, and they were never revived.
October 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
21 October 1805: A Royal Navy fleet under Vice-Admiral Horatio, Lord Nelson, defeated Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve's combined Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. Prior to the battle, Napoleon had already abandoned his plans of invasion of Britain, and they were never revived.
16 October 1939: Ju 88 bombers of Kampfgeschwader 30 conducted the first bombing raid on Britain, targeting Royal Navy warships in the Firth of Forth. The raid was intercepted by No. 602 and No. 603 Squadrons, resulting in the first German aircraft to be shot down in the air war over Britain.
October 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
16 October 1939: Ju 88 bombers of Kampfgeschwader 30 conducted the first bombing raid on Britain, targeting Royal Navy warships in the Firth of Forth. The raid was intercepted by No. 602 and No. 603 Squadrons, resulting in the first German aircraft to be shot down in the air war over Britain.
Armoured cars going into action, passing men of the Northumberland Hussars on the Zillebeke Road, on 15 October 1914. Earlier that day, the Hussars had come into contact with German cavalry southeast of Ypres, near Zillebeke and Zandvoorde.
📸 Harold Robson / IWM (Q 50706)
📸 Harold Robson / IWM (Q 50706)
October 16, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Armoured cars going into action, passing men of the Northumberland Hussars on the Zillebeke Road, on 15 October 1914. Earlier that day, the Hussars had come into contact with German cavalry southeast of Ypres, near Zillebeke and Zandvoorde.
📸 Harold Robson / IWM (Q 50706)
📸 Harold Robson / IWM (Q 50706)
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Royal Navy destroyer HMS KEPPEL (D84) on her arrival back at Greenock on 12 October 1943 following the vessel's ramming and sinking of the surfaced German submarine U-229 south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland on 22 September.
📸 Lt S J Beadell / IWM (A 19691)
📸 Lt S J Beadell / IWM (A 19691)
October 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Royal Navy destroyer HMS KEPPEL (D84) on her arrival back at Greenock on 12 October 1943 following the vessel's ramming and sinking of the surfaced German submarine U-229 south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland on 22 September.
📸 Lt S J Beadell / IWM (A 19691)
📸 Lt S J Beadell / IWM (A 19691)
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13/18th Royal Hussars during an exercise near Vimy, on 11 October 1939. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, the regiment was transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps and fought as a reconnaissance unit in the Battle of France in 1940, before being evacuated at Dunkirk.
📸 IWM (O 117)
📸 IWM (O 117)
October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
13/18th Royal Hussars during an exercise near Vimy, on 11 October 1939. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, the regiment was transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps and fought as a reconnaissance unit in the Battle of France in 1940, before being evacuated at Dunkirk.
📸 IWM (O 117)
📸 IWM (O 117)
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14 October 1853: At the request of the Ottomans, the British and French fleets left Besika Bay and transited the Dardanelles as the Ottoman army prepared to engage Russian forces occupying Wallachia. The Austrian army's mobilisation against Russia continued.
October 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
14 October 1853: At the request of the Ottomans, the British and French fleets left Besika Bay and transited the Dardanelles as the Ottoman army prepared to engage Russian forces occupying Wallachia. The Austrian army's mobilisation against Russia continued.
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12 October 1854: British commander Lord Raglan issued instructions for the army to prepare for a winter campaign in the Crimea and ordered fuel to be stockpiled at Scutari. The French commander Canrobert issued similar instructions. The grand raid to seize Sevastopol would last longer than expected.
October 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
12 October 1854: British commander Lord Raglan issued instructions for the army to prepare for a winter campaign in the Crimea and ordered fuel to be stockpiled at Scutari. The French commander Canrobert issued similar instructions. The grand raid to seize Sevastopol would last longer than expected.
Royal Navy destroyer HMS KEPPEL (D84) on her arrival back at Greenock on 12 October 1943 following the vessel's ramming and sinking of the surfaced German submarine U-229 south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland on 22 September.
📸 Lt S J Beadell / IWM (A 19691)
📸 Lt S J Beadell / IWM (A 19691)
October 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Royal Navy destroyer HMS KEPPEL (D84) on her arrival back at Greenock on 12 October 1943 following the vessel's ramming and sinking of the surfaced German submarine U-229 south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland on 22 September.
📸 Lt S J Beadell / IWM (A 19691)
📸 Lt S J Beadell / IWM (A 19691)
13/18th Royal Hussars during an exercise near Vimy, on 11 October 1939. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, the regiment was transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps and fought as a reconnaissance unit in the Battle of France in 1940, before being evacuated at Dunkirk.
📸 IWM (O 117)
📸 IWM (O 117)
October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
13/18th Royal Hussars during an exercise near Vimy, on 11 October 1939. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, the regiment was transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps and fought as a reconnaissance unit in the Battle of France in 1940, before being evacuated at Dunkirk.
📸 IWM (O 117)
📸 IWM (O 117)