From Britain's distant Viking past right up to the D-Day landings, here are 15 of the most common misconceptions that many Brits believe about the history of the British Isles.

Renowned historian Antony Beevor gave the damning assessment of Britain's military readiness should war break out.

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Sir Antony Beevor is a British award winning popular historian, the author of many best selling books on famous battles: Stalingrad, Berlin, D-Day, Arnhem, Ardennes, Spanish Civil War, Russian ...

Outbreak of war -- "The wholesale destruction of Poland" -- From phoney war to Blitzkrieg -- The dragon and the rising sun -- Norway and Denmark -- Onslaught in the West -- The fall of France -- ...

In Beevor’s living room, an exquisite Greek Orthodox icon of the Virgin and the Saviour hangs above the fireplace, and it opens onto two balconies with garden chairs looking out over the skyline. He ...

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