The charge of the light, battle illustration

Military history

Painting of the Battle of Blenheim

The battle of Blenheim: how did the Duke of Marlborough triumph on the Danube?

Pompey flees after the battle of Pharsalus

The battle of Pharsalus: how Julius Caesar defeated Pompey

First World War poets: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stalingrad: a soldier’s testimony. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hannibal: Rome’s greatest nightmare. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Paratroopers over Dien Bien Phu

Dien Bien Phu: the battle that split Vietnam

The first Vietnam War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An emu stares into the camera

Q&AWhat was the Emu War?

Kavita Puri"Many south Asian diasporic families don’t know of their First World War links". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black-and-white photograph of men walking down a road lined with shops. They are armed with guns

The Irish Civil War: 100 years on. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roger II of Sicily, depicted in an Arabic-style image in the Palatine Chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo

Normans in AfricaThe 12th-century attempt to forge a north-African Norman kingdom. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration showing the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act, passed by Congress in 1850. The law aimed to make it easier for slaveholders to reclaim runaway ‘property’ in the free states, and contributed to rising political tension. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)

The story of the American Civil War32 key moments in the landmark conflict

Painting showing the surrender at Yorktown – a man on a horse moves between two lines of cavalry

When and how did the American Revolution end?

The battle of Brooklyn (aka the battle of Long Island), 27 August 1776

American Revolutionary War: the 9 battles that made the United States

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A portrait of silversmith Paul Revere, with his head resting on his hand.

19 key figures of the American Revolution, from royals to revolutionaries

A fierce clash between colonists and British troops in Boston on 5 March 1770

The American Revolution: your guide to the 18th-century war of independence

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'?

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?

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 protestWW1 poet Siegfried Sassoon

Episode 3A 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

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&AWhat 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