Military history

A 15th-century manuscript depicts soldiers using crossbows during the Battle of Crecy in 1346

A short history of long-distance warfare

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Dejan Djokic revisits the brief 1991 war that saw Slovenia secure independence and helped set in motion the collapse of Yugoslavia . (Image by Getty Images)

Yugoslavia: the beginning of the end . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A second-century AD relief showing troops of the Praetorian Guard. Historians are agreed that the Ninth Legion was annihilated; what they can't agree on is where. (Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

What happened to Britain’s lost Roman legion?

Photo of members of the Versailles Conference

First World War

Your guide to the Treaty of Versailles

US heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis receives a medal during WW2

From Joe Lewis to Audrey Hepburn: 10 famous faces of WW2

Soviet infantrymen charge in a counter offensive during the battle of Moscow, 1941.

The 1941 battle of Moscow: how successful was Operation Typhoon?

Pearl Harbor sparked an aircraft-manufacturing drive – and, for the first time, allowed US women to perform jobs previously held only by men. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Pearl Harbor aftermath: the fallout from the attack

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The USS West Virginia burns at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941

What if… Japan hadn't attacked Pearl Harbor . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill (left) with Charles de Gaulle, c1944. The British prime minister encouraged Vichy’s colonies to rally to the Free French leader. (Getty Images)

Operation Ironclad: the WW2 battle for Madagascar

The battleship USS California following the attack at Pearl Harbor

Second World War

Pearl Harbor: 12 facts about the surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet

A Japanese photograph shows Mitsubishi dive bombers warming up on the deck of a carrier in the Pacific before their attack on Pearl Harbor in the early hours of 7 December 1941. (Photo by Corbis via Getty Images)

Second World War

‘Britain’s Pearl Harbor’: Japan’s December 1941 attack on the British colony of Malaya

Wehrmacht soldiers on parade, 1937

Q&A How was Germany able to  afford the astronomical cost  of rearmament in the 1930s?

Crossing the line: Japanese soldiers seize a railway during the invasion of Manchuria in 1931 – prompted by a staged bombing near the city of Mukden. (Photo by adoc-photos/Corbis via Getty Images)

A gathering storm: why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in 1941?

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Robert Sackville-West describes attempts to identify the bodies of the dead after the devastating battles of the First World War. (Image by Getty Images)

Searching for WW1’s fallen soldiers . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill delivering his famous 'iron curtain' speech at Westminster College

Second World War

8 of Churchill’s greatest speeches