World War II Monument in the foreground, Washington Monument in background, Washington D.C., United States of America, North America

The Washington Monument lit up at night as seen from the World War II Monument, Washington D.C., United States of America, North America

World War II memorial, Victory Square, Bishkek, Kyrgystan

The Washington Monument lit up at night as seen from the World War II Monument, Washington D.C., United States of America, North America

Memorial to Second World War, near Fort St. Elmo, Valletta, Malta, Europe

Famous old bridge reconstructed after collapsing in the war in the old town of Mostar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Statue of Lenin and World War II liberation soldiers in Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga River, Russia, Europe

World War II memorial, Victory Square, Bishkek, Kyrgystan

American flags at the Patton Museum, Chiriaco Summit, in the desert where General Patton trained the American troops for the North Africa campaign in World War II, California, United States of America, North America

Famous old bridge reconstructed after collapsing in the war in the old town of Mostar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Europe

Patton Museum, Chiriaco Summit, in the desert where General Patton trained the American troops for the North Africa campaign in World War II, California, United States of America, North America

First World War British Cemetery, Valley of the Somme near Mons, Nord-Picardie, France, Europe

Cruise passengers on excursion by dinghy, Port Lockroy, once a Second World War British Station, now a post office, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The cruise ship World Discoverer at anchor in Port Lockroy, once a Second World War British Station, now a post office, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Pointe du Hoc (Le Hoc Point), site of D-Day landings in June 1944 during Second World War, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, Europe

Pointe du Hoc (Le Hoc Point), site of D-Day landings in June 1944 during Second World War, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, Europe

War Cemetery, 1939-1945, World War II, Bayeux, Basse Normandie (Normandy), France, Europe

Second World War memorial, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Central Asia, Asia

First World War Vimy Canadian Memorial, near Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord-Picardiy, France, Europe

World War One Monument to the Sons of Verdun in Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, Europe

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier World War II war memorial, Mogila Neizvestnova Soldata, at The Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, Russian Federation

Soviet Monument to World War II heroes in Panfilov Park, Almaty, Kazakstan

US servicemen, army, airforce, marines and navy provide security at The National World War II Memorial, Washington DC, USA

Commonwealth war graves from World War II at cemetery in Normandy, France

Bronze relief at The National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C, United States of America

National World War II Memorial with Wall of Stars and Lincoln Memorial behind, Washington D.C, USA

Great Seal and motto 'E PLURIBUS UNUM' The National World War II Memorial, Washington D.C, USA

The Women of World War II memorial in Whitehall, London, United Kingdom

Bronze battleship relief at the National World War II Memorial, Washington DC, United States of America

Pakistan mounted guard attending ceremony in London to unveil memorial to Commonwealth military who fought in the World War.

British World War II graves, Commonwealth war cemetery, northern France

A wrecked World War II airplane abandoned in the Solomon Islands

Northumbrian Cross War Memorial and Durham Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, in snow on a winter's day in Durham, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Omaha Beach, site of D-day landings during the Second World War seen from the American cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe

Tower of London, Installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, World War I memorial, City of London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation at The Tower of London marking 100 years since the First World War, Tower of London, UNESCO World Heritage Site, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation at The Tower of London marking 100 years since the First World War, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Shadows of people viewing Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation at The Tower of London marking 100 years since the First World War, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation at The Tower of London marking 100 years since the First World War, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Visitors at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum with suspended Spitfire World War II airplane exhibit on display in the West Court in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The beach at La Pointe du Hoc where Allied forces came ashore during World War II in Normandy, France, Europe

Ceramic poppies forming the installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red to remember the Dead of the First World War, Tower of London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ceramic poppies forming the installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red to remember the Dead of the First World War, Tower of London at dusk, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Schloss Cecilienhof, scene of the 1945 Conference at the end of World War II, Potsdam, Brandenburg, near Berlin, Germany, Europe

Tourists walk across Castle Square Plac Zamkowy, site of Sigismund's Column and Royal Castle, Old Town rebuilt after World War II, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Warsaw, Poland, Europe

Tourists walk across Castle Square Plac Zamkowy, site of Sigismund's Column and Royal Castle, Old Town rebuilt after World War II, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Warsaw, Poland, Europe

Tourists walk across Castle Square Plac Zamkowy, site of Sigismund's Column and Royal Castle, Old Town rebuilt after World War II, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Warsaw, Poland, Europe

World War II memorial of Nazi and Russian battle, Dukla Pass, Slovakia, Europe

World War I and World War II memorial La Ville de Pau for dead soldiers of two World Wars with floral tributes at Pau, Pyrenees, France, Europe

American tank, Utah Beach, site of D-Day landings in the Second World War, Cotentin Peinsula, Manche, Normandy, France, Europe

Servicemen at the National World War II Memorial, Washington DC, United States of America

War Memorial to commemorate the local dead of World War I in the French town of Trelly in Normandy, France

A Bomb Dome, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Peace Park, Hiroshima city, Western Japan, Asia

Lunna House, Norwegian headquarters during World War II for Shetland Bus operations, and Lunna kirk, Lunna Ness, North Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

American servicemen at The National World War II Memorial, Washington DC, United States of America

Statue by Tom Murphy, of Captain Frederick John Walker, noted World War II British Royal Navy officer, anti-submarine warfare commander and namesake for the whisky, near Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Statue of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who wrote a diary whilst hiding from the Nazis during World War II, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe

Battery casemate on D-Day coast, dating from Second World War, Longues sur Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe

World War I memorial in Lille, Nord, France, Europe

The Commando Memorial, a World War II memorial, Fort William area, Highland region, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

World War I Memorial, Lilongwe, Malawi, Africa

Utah Beach, where American Forces landed on D-Day in June 1944 during the Second World War, Calvados, Normandie (Normandy), France, Europe

Old World War II gun, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, South America

Iwo Jima War Memorial to the U.S. Marine Corps, Second World War, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America (USA), North America

World War One Monument to the Sons of Verdun in Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, Europe

Museum of the Second World War, Gdansk, Poland, Europe

MacLellan's Castle and World War I monument, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

American Second World War Monument, Butte de Monsec, near Verdun, Meuse, Alsace-Lorraine, France, Europe

Soviet Monument to World War II heroes in Panfilov Park, Almaty, Kazakstan

Bronze relief at The National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C, United States of America

View of World War Two Memorial detail, Washington D.C., United States of America, North America

First World War Vimy Canadian Memorial, near Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord-Picardiy, France, Europe

Renovated typical dwelling, also housed guerillas in the War of Independence against France, the Kasbah, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Algiers, Algeria, North Africa, Africa

Alhondiga de Granaditas, former granary, site of first major rebel victory of the War of Independence, now a museum, Guanajuato, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Guanajuato State, Mexico, North America

Bronze relief at The National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C, United States of America

Bronze relief at The National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C, United States of America

Atomic Bomb Dome, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hiroshima, Japan, Asia

World War Two Monument at Battery Park, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Utah Beach, where American Forces landed on D-Day in June 1944 during the Second World War, Calvados, Normandie (Normandy), France, Europe

Churchill tank and monument 41 degrees RMC from D-Day in the Second World War, Lion sur Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe

First World War Memorial above the city centre and Vila Bay, Efate Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Hand's Well, Well Dressing commemorating the First World War, Tissington, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hand's Well, Well Dressing commemorating the First World War, Tissington, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Surfers and the remains of World War II blockhouses on Le Pin Sec beach in the Aquitaine region of southwestern France, Europe

Remains of a Second World War Canadian Halifax Bomber, which crashed in October 1944 on Great Carrs, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An old 2nd World War pill box on the beach at Kimmeridge Bay, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, UNESCO World Heritage Site, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Myanmar reclining buddha, built by japanese after world ii, myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

A Second world War lookout post leaning alarmingly and about to tumble over the edge of the cliff near Aldbrough on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays, very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This section of coast has been eroding since Roman times, with many villages having disappeared into the sea, and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion, with sea level rise, increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events, all playing their part.

Traditional hay meadows at the head of the Langdale valley, Lake District, UK, are some of the best wild flower hay meadows left in the country. Since the second world war, Britian has lost over 95% of its traditional hay meadows, as farmers have converted to silage.

Second World war defences that for a long time were buried under the storm beach are revealed after the December 2013 storm surge at Cley on the North Norfolk coast, UK. The huge waves completely breached the storm beach, and pushed it inland onto the Cley nature reserve.

Wymeswold Solar Farm the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. It contains 130,000 panels and covers 150 acres.

The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.

Wymeswold Solar Farm the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. It contains 130,000 panels and covers 150 acres.

Technicians work on Wymeswold Solar Farm the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. It contains 130,000 panels and covers 150 acres.

The Remains of the Godwin battery on the beach at Kilnsea at the head of Spurn point on Yorkshires East Coast, UK. Initially constructed during the First World War, the Godwin Battery was added to during the Second World War. It comprised of gun emplacements, search light, barracks, officers’ mess, and a hospital. This section of coastline is the fastest eroding coastline in Europe. The soft boulder clay cliffs are easily eroded and have been eroding since Roman Times, but recently the climate change impacts of increased stormy weather, increased heavy rainfall events and sea level rise have accelerated the rate of erosion. The average rate of attrition is 1.5metres per year, last year it was 5 metres.

Slapton Sands, site of World War II practice landings for D-Day, Slapton Ley, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

German World War II guns at Battery Moltke at Grosnez, Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, Europe

World War II Memorial and State Capitol Building, Austin, Texas, United States of America, North America

Slapton Sands, site of World War II practice landings for D-Day, Slapton Ley, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Utah Beach, World War Us Tank, Normandy, France