Map of the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880: the decisive action of the Second Afghan War. General Burrows’ little army of…
The Battle of Wakefield was a maor battle in the War of the Roses. It took place at Sandal Magna near Wakefield,…
A map of Taranto Harbour on 11 November 1940, showing the position of the Italian ships, the habour defences, and the direction…
Have you ever wanted to trace your family tree? Well look no further than the UK’s most comprehensive family history show this…
The Zulu Film Museum is about to open at the Cardiff Castle Museum - find out more about this unique and historic…
Aircraft: Junkers 88A Type: twin-engine German medium bomber/dive-bomber Manufacturer: Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG Year: 1939 Engines: 2 Junkers Jumo 211B, 12-cylinder V, liquid-cooled,…
This month Keith Robinson has found a sprawling ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ of an aviation museum behind a Norfolk pub. Near Bungay, close to the…
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…
