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

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

War graves near Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey, Europe

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

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

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

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

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

Cemetery of Douaumont and the ossuary, Ossuaire de Douaumont, at Fleury-devant-Douaumont near Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine,France, Europe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Guards at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Pacific

Man visiting the Cemetery of Douaumont (Ossuaire de Douaumont) at Fleury-devant-Douaumont near Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France, Europe

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Utah Beach, World War Us Tank, Normandy, France

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

World War I Museum, Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America, North America

Rear facade of the Kunsthaus Tacheles building, a former department store bombed during World War II, now housing a gallery and small theatre, Mitte District, East Berlin, Germany, Europe

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

France, Normandy, Manche (50), Pointe Du Hoc (World War Ii Us Landing ), Beach With Barges Remnants

World War I Museum, Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America, North America

France, Normandy, Manche (50), Pointe Du Hoc (World War Ii Us Landing ), The Famous Rock And A Stone Plate Commemorating The Action And Numerous Victims

Plaque marking the spot from where Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe

A 2nd World War bunker on the beach at Cley, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Views at night of the U.S. National World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., USA

Views at night of the U.S. National World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., USA

Legs of a young tanned woman, relaxed on a boat in Ibiza, with the castle and city walls in view

Emblem or mascot of the city. Detail, facade of Landeszeughaus (Armoury or arsenal), from Landhaushof courtyard, Graz, Austria

Martyrs sculpture and Square, monument to Lebanese nationalists killed here by the Ottomans in 1915, in background Mohammad Al-Amine Mosque, Beirut, Lebanon

Martyrs sculpture and Square, monument to Lebanese nationalists killed here by the Ottomans in 1915, Beirut, Lebanon

The War Memorial, Monument Aux Morts, Quai Rauba Capeu, Nice, Cote D,??Azur, France

World War II Memorial, town of Pluvigner, departement of Morbihan, Brittany, France

Guernsey Underground German Military Hospital from World War Two, Channel Islands, United Kingdom

Students attending their open air classes at Doodhpathri in Budgam district, Kashmir, India.

Students attending their open air classes at Doodhpathri in Budgam district, Kashmir, India.

Students attending their open air classes at Doodhpathri in Budgam district, Kashmir, India.

Students attending their open air classes at Doodhpathri in Budgam district, Kashmir, India.

Students attending their open air classes at Doodhpathri in Budgam district, Kashmir, India.

Messerschmidt 109 and scuba diver, Mediterranean Sea, Ile de Planier, Marseille, France

Exterior view of the Volgograd Panorama Museum and the Gerhardt Mill (one of the few remaining buildings from the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II), Volgograd, Volgograd District, Russia, Europe

Compass rose at the end of the jetty Molo Audace, marks the place where the Audace torpedo docked in the port during World War I, brass compass, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Thunderstorm atmosphere at the wooden cross in honor of the fallen in World War II on the Erpeler Ley, Erpel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Yak-3 aircraft from World War II exhibited in front of the Volgograd Panorama Museum, Volgograd, Volgograd District, Russia, Europe

Monument outside the Gerhardt Mill (one of the few remaining buildings from the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II), Volgograd, Volgograd District, Russia, Europe

Memorial wall to World War II in the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod District, Russia, Europe

National World War II Memorial, Washington DC, United States, USA

Church of the Holy Cross restored after World War II after painted depictions, Warsaw, Poland, Europe

Red rose, Durnbach War Cemetery, the final resting place for 2960 soldiers who died in WW2, Duernbach, Gmund am Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Soviet War Memorial, Treptow, Berlin, Germany

Soviet War Memorial, Treptow, Berlin, Germany

Soviet War Memorial, Treptow, Berlin, Germany

Soviet War Memorial, Treptow, Berlin, Germany

Soviet War Memorial, Treptow, Berlin, Germany

Soviet War Memorial, Treptow, Berlin, Germany

Soviet War Memorial, Treptow, Berlin, Germany

Soviet War Memorial, Treptow, Berlin, Germany

Monument for the victims of World War II, Victory square, Bishkek (Frunse), Kyrgyzstan

The wreck of a shot down military plane of World War 2, Palau, Micronesia

The wreck of a shot down military plane of World War 2, Palau, Micronesia

Commemorative cemetery for monks and nuns murdered in WWII, Alexishafen, Madang, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Soviet War Memorial, Treptow, Berlin, Germany

Propaganda for the 60th anniversary of Russian victory in World War II, St. Petersburg, Russland