The Battle of Hastings in 1066 was not only a seminal event in British history,…

How did Michiel de Ruyter transform war at sea? Gone were the chaotic close-quarter mêlées,…

No general in American history held the kind of absolute power General Pershing wielded. With…

The late Richard Holmes considered Marlborough to be Britain’s greatest general. He was probably right. But, like many…

We know the story. Goaded into a hopeless war by an expanding colonial empire, thousands…

The TV series Britannia (2017) is a historical fantasy along the lines of Game of…

The epic defence of Chakdara is intriguing. It lasted a week (26 July-2 August 1897),…

Could the Germans have won the First World War in 1918? Almost certainly. A quarter of…

What is the role of the individual in history? The collaboration between Robert E Lee…

The war devastated Vietnam and tore America apart. As the body bags returned home in…