• The Battle of Courtrai, 1302

    In 1302, the townspeople of Flanders rebelled against the French, laying siege to the castle at Courtrai. The French sent an army…

  • Jutland — fleet movements

    In our Jutland — the combat experience feature this month, Peter Hart reconstructs the action of the battle using personal accounts of men…

  • Battle of Britain Map: an Overview

    Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map provides an overview of the locations of the major British and German squadrons, bombed…

  • Passchendaele, 1917

    Martin Marix Evans explores the muddy terrain of the Third Battle of Ypres, the effects it had on the action, and what…

  • The Defence of London: AD 1642

    Between 1642 and 1645, London was the heart of a national revolution against absolutism.   During the ‘December Days’ in late 1641, the political crisis…

  • The Battle of Wakefield: 1460

    It was the culmination of ten years of increasingly violent unrest between supporters of King Henry VI and his cousin Richard, Duke…