The charge of the light, battle illustration

Military history

Edmund II - better known as Edmund Ironside - shown in a 14th-century manuscript. (Photo by Wikimedia Commons)

Edmund Ironside: Anglo-Saxon warrior king

A group of five marble busts of typical early Roman citizens. The empire expanded by absorbing the peoples it defeated, giving rights and obligations to former outsiders. (Photo by Gjon Mili/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Mary Beard on why Rome ruled the world

Monopoly maps: the history of MI9’s secret Second World War escape programme

The Chateau d'Hougoutmont, Belgium, was the scene of one of the most important battles in British and European history – the battle of Waterloo. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bravery at Waterloo: the button seller and the drummer boy

c1754: Siege of a town led by Godefroy de Bouillon (c1060-1100) 1st Crusade (1095-1099), showing Saracens firing arrows at Crusaders as they attempt to scale the walls. From manuscript of Roman de Godefroy de Bouillon. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

5 things you (probably) didn't know about the Crusades

Middle East history special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of British troops in World War I

Q&AWhen were the terms ‘World War I’ and ‘World War II’ coined?

Verdun and the Renaissance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

French troops under shellfire during the battle of Verdun. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

The LibraryVerdun - hell on Earth

A brief history of camouflage

Postwar Germany and medieval CSI. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Battle of the Atlantic and the history of Spain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Statue of Napoleon I toppled

La débâcle! The aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War

Bletchley Park

WW2 espionage: The spies who surprised me

The Death of General Wolfe

The Georgian craze for popular history

World War Two spies and an extraordinary naturalist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Last Kingdom and Agincourt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

17 unmissable battles podcasts

A year in medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black and white image depicting engraving of Julius Caesar.

Q&AWhat is the earliest evidence for a battle in Britain?

Soldiers following the battle of the Somme

Books interview with Andrew Roberts: "I'd like to put an end to the 'Blackadder' view of the First World War". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brief history of Royal Navy search & rescue 1915–2015

Life of the Week: Romulus Augustus

The tomb of the Crusader knight Richard de Crupes.

Books interview with Christopher Tyerman: "Religious war isn't an irrational act, and we shouldn't dismiss it as irrational". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Somme and the Jacobites. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hurricane fighter planes taking off from Gravesend after being refuelled and rearmed, during the Battle of Britain. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

The Battle of Britain: a brilliant triumph that involved far more than just the chosen few

Second World War

In pictures: The Blitz

North Sea oil and the Blitz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood on... the battle of Agincourt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Killing Mussolini. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.