Recent conflict stories

F-15 Eagle in flight US Public Domain
STORY

The F-15 Eagle: the greatest of all time?

The F-15 Eagle first flew in 1972 and has dominated the skies ever since. Find out more about this formidable aircraft that the US has operated in every major conflict over the last forty years.
Rescue workers World Trade Center, New York 19 Sept 2001 US Public Domain
STORY

What were the September 11 attacks?

On the morning of 11 September 2001, 19 Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger planes in the United States.
British soldiers in a camp in Kuwait during Operation 'TELIC', the invasion of Iraq, 2003. ©Crown IWM (OP-TELIC 03-010-18-192)
STORY

The 2003 War in Iraq explained

Explore the events that led from the 11 September attacks to US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair invading Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
Saddam Hussein dog toy IWM (EPH 207)
STORY

The complex legacy of Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein led Iraq from 1979 to 2003. During his rule he projected an image of himself as Iraq’s most influential leader and a courageous moderniser, but at the same time his repressive regime killed thousands of people.
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