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Era timeline
From 1914 to today. Pick an era, see some of the moments that shaped it, and find kits that are in stock now.
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WW1 1914–1918
The first industrial war on land, at sea and in the air: dreadnought battleships, the first tanks and wood-and-fabric fighters.
Shop all WW1 kits- 4 Aug 1914 Britain declared war on Germany.
- 31 May 1916 The Battle of Jutland began in the North Sea, the largest naval battle of the First World War.
- 15 Sep 1916 Tanks went into battle for the first time, at Flers–Courcelette on the Somme.
- 1 Apr 1918 The Royal Air Force was formed, the world’s first independent air force.
- 11 Nov 1918 The Armistice ended the fighting of the First World War.
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Between the wars 1919–1938
Record-breaking long-distance flights, and the first of the fast monoplane fighters that would fight the next war.
- 15 Jun 1919 Alcock and Brown landed in Clifden, Ireland, after the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic.
- 21 May 1927 Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris after the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic.
- 6 Nov 1935 The Hawker Hurricane prototype made its first flight, at Brooklands.
- 5 Mar 1936 The Supermarine Spitfire prototype made its first flight, from Eastleigh near Southampton.
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WW2 1939–1945
Six years of global war, from Spitfires and Tigers in Europe to the carrier battles of the Pacific.
Shop all WW2 kits- 3 Sep 1939 Britain and France declared war on Germany.
- 10 Jul 1940 The Battle of Britain began, by the RAF’s official reckoning.
- 27 May 1941 The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by the Royal Navy in the North Atlantic.
- 4 Jun 1942 The Battle of Midway began in the Pacific.
- 6 Jun 1944 D-Day: Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy.
- 8 May 1945 VE Day marked the end of the war in Europe.
- 2 Sep 1945 Japan signed the formal surrender aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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Freedom Model Kit
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Cold War 1947–1991
More than four decades of East–West stand-off that brought jet fighters, nuclear-powered navies and main battle tanks, with wars fought in Korea, Vietnam and the Falklands.
Shop all Cold War kits- 14 Oct 1947 Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1.
- 25 Jun 1950 The Korean War began.
- 4 Oct 1957 The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.
- 20 Jul 1969 Apollo 11 landed on the Moon.
- 14 Jun 1982 Argentine forces surrendered at Stanley, ending the Falklands War.
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Modern 1991–today
From the 1991 Gulf War to today: stealth aircraft, drones, precision weapons and upgraded armour such as the M1A2 Abrams and Challenger 2.
Shop all Modern kits- 24 Oct 2003 Concorde flew its last commercial passenger flights, with British Airways.
- 27 Apr 2005 The Airbus A380 made its first flight, from Toulouse.
- 15 Dec 2009 The Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its first flight.
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