A quick and easy guide to the Battle of Britain.…
The making of Russia
The key battle that established the country as a major power.…
The key battle that established the country as a major power.…
A quick and easy guide to the Battle of Britain.…
Should the RAF be credited with victory against the Germans at the Battle of Britain or was the Royal Navy in fact…
A speech made by Prime Minister Winston Churchill on August 20, 1940, including the famous line "Never in the field of human…
Test your Battle of Britain knowledge - did you believe any of these enduring myths?…
2,927 men flew combat missions during the Battle of Britain. Churchill would name them ‘the Few’. Of these men 188 would earn…
The Women's Auxillary Air Force demonstrated Incredible strength and bravery and proved absolutely vital to British victory in the Battle of Britain.…
An exhibition to celebrate the courage and determination of the Home Front and the Services during the Battle of Britain…
In the early 1960s, Michael Caine was regularly playing small character parts in television dramas and British movies. With his cockney accent…
The reasons Britain and the United States went to war in 1812 are diverse. Indeed, different factions within each country had different…
Most people are familiar with the tumultuous events of England in 1066, but how much do you know about ‘the other Norman…
Tickets to English Heritage's re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings this weekend are sold out, but here are 10 alternative ways to…
Who? The one next to Lenin? Well, he was. Until Joseph Stalin had him erased from the photograph (below). But, despite Stalin’s…
Monte la Difensa Today, when you look at the routes up Difensa’s crags, it is just possible to imagine small groups of highly…
Map of the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880: the decisive action of the Second Afghan War. General Burrows’ little army of…
Martin Marix Evans explores the muddy terrain of the Third Battle of Ypres, the effects it had on the action, and what…
As every Scotsman knows, in 1314, at midsummer, the might of the English army came to grief in the boggy ground below…
This map explains the movements of the French, British, and Prussian forces from the 15 to the 18 June, 1815. Napoleon seized…
Isandlwana was perhaps the greatest defeat inflicted on the British redcoats by native warriors in imperial history. To read the full article, see…
It was the first time since 390 BC that the city of Rome had fallen to a barbarian enemy. It shocked the…
The Battle of Marathon saw wo entirely antithetical military and political traditions: cavalry, archery, and light-armed troops versus heavy infantry; coerced subjects…
The possible routes taken by Olaf Guthfrithsson, King of Dublin, in this little known Viking battle for Britain…
The lines of the Torres Vedras were lines of forts secretly built by the British from around September 1809-1812 to protect Lisbon…
On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
It may look like a scene from a movie shoot – Germany’s answer to The Dam Busters, perhaps – but this strikingly modern photograph from…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
This bustling black-and-white photograph offers an atmospheric view of a natural harbour crowded with ships, campaign tents, livestock and supplies. Titled Cossack…
In May 1944, an official document was prepared by Jürgen Stroop detailing the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. The 75-page report was…
This image shows three tanks taking part in the Lord Mayor’s parade in Ludgate Circus, London in November 1918. The parade celebrated…
This photograph, taken by American reporter and war correspondent Marguerite Higgins, shows the second assault-wave landing on the northern side of Red…
De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle…
On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
It may look like a scene from a movie shoot – Germany’s answer to The Dam Busters, perhaps – but this strikingly modern photograph from…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
This bustling black-and-white photograph offers an atmospheric view of a natural harbour crowded with ships, campaign tents, livestock and supplies. Titled Cossack…
In May 1944, an official document was prepared by Jürgen Stroop detailing the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. The 75-page report was…
This image shows three tanks taking part in the Lord Mayor’s parade in Ludgate Circus, London in November 1918. The parade celebrated…
This photograph, taken by American reporter and war correspondent Marguerite Higgins, shows the second assault-wave landing on the northern side of Red…
De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle…
On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…