Military history

An illustration depicting the battle of Naseby, arguably one of the most significant land battles in British history. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

20 important battles that shaped Britain

LA Times photo from newspaper report 1942

A big day in history: Japanese planes attack Los Angeles. Or do they?

A view of Valletta during the Second World War, showing its harbour filled with naval hardware. (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Library Britain's island weapon: Malta in the Second World War

Crack illustration.

Q&A: Where does the word ‘crack’, describing military units, originate?

The Black Prince's tomb in Canterbury Cathedral depicts Edward III's son as a resting warrior, a paragon of knightly virtue. The prince conceived the tomb's design himself but not everyone has bought into his favourable assessment of his life's achievements. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

The Black Prince: hero or villain?

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries by Jacques-Louis David

Napoleon’s great cultural charade

A big day in history: The day Pope Urban II exhorted Christians to go on crusade

Nelson mortally wounded at Trafalgar in 1805

Nelson: the unhappy admiral

British soldiers on the front of El Alamein. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

El Alamein: The British empire’s last hurrah

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A vintage map of Europe. One of the hardest things for small nations to accept is that they're not in control over their own destinies, says Mark Mazower. (Getty Images)

The Library A little history of the world: the importance of small states in global politics . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nuclear bomb test. (OFF/AFP/Getty Images)

How Britain got the bomb

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Herbert 'Blondie' Hasler (left) pictured with Bill Sparks and Mary Lindell. It was

My history hero: ‘Blondie’ Hasler (1914–87) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A relief showing Emperor Constantine's over Maxentius at the battle of Milvian Bridge. (Prisma/UIG/Getty Images)

A big day in history: “A cross of light” leads Constantine to victory

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Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom

First World War

The Great War