Military history

Premium

Austrian crown prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie

The shot that sparked the First World War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

October 1876: General Nelson Miles talking with Chief Sitting Bull after the army's defeat at Little Bighorn

The battle of Little Bighorn: what happened at ‘Custer’s last stand’?

Premium

Pod Lloyd Llewellyn Jones WL

How the Persians were written out of history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting of Jean Thurel, a French soldier whose life spanned three centuries

Jean Thurel: the oldest soldier in history?

Premium

Pod Jonathan Fennell WL

WW2’s desert war: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon In uniform

First World War

Poetry and protest WW1 poet Siegfried Sassoon

Premium

HEXA Roman Brit WK3 Leads3

Episode 3 A militarised state? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Firemen tackling a blitz fire at St Paul's Cathedral, London

Second World War

WW2 timeline: 20 important dates and milestones you need to know

A drawing depicting a German monoplane dropping bombs on Paris during the First World War

First World War

Creating fake Paris: how one man built a mock city to fool WW1 German bombers

Premium

Pod Paul Beaver WL

War in the air: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A bust of Vespasian in Bath. The future emperor was responsible for expanding Roman territory into the west of Britain. (Image by Getty Images)

How did the Romans conquer Britain?

Dancers perform in a Cinco de Mayo celebration

Q&A What does Cinco de Mayo commemorate?

Women from the Auxiliary Territorial Service take a break

Second World War

An army of women: adventures in the Auxiliary Territorial Service

A wall mosaic of Picasso’s Guernica painting.

Q&A Why did Pablo Picasso paint Guernica?

The Spanish town of Guernica after the bombing by German and Italian aircraft, 1937. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Second World War

The bombing of Guernica: who was responsible?