The charge of the light, battle illustration

Military history

An illustration of a Soviet warship inside a Pepsi bottle

Q&AIs it true that Pepsi briefly owned Soviet warships?

Operation Mincemeat: WW2 espionage on film. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ben Macintryre is the author of Operation Mincemeat

Ben Macintryre"I had never realised quite how close Operation Mincemeat came to disaster". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill discusses the invasion of Sicily with other senior Allied figures in 1943

Second World War

Operation Mincemeat: how a corpse duped Hitler

Atomic bomb damage in the city of Hiroshima, 1945

Second World War

Was the US justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War?

A photograph of a WW1 soldier and his pet thrush

How WW1 soldiers found hope in nature. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on generals killed in battle“Russian general casualties in Ukraine today are significantly higher than the Allied commitment in WW2”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why the Ukraine conflict isn’t a new Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British soldiers lie on the floor an gumpoint during the Falklands War, guarded by Argentine soldiers

The Falklands War: why did it happen?

United States and Nato flags fly above US Air Force fighter jets in Lithuania

Is the future of Nato under threat?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A silhouette of Roman soldiers against Hadrian's Wall

What was life like on Hadrian's Wall?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on the history of neutrality“As many nations found to their cost in the 20th century, declaring neutrality and it being respected are two different matters”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1942: Churchill’s darkest hour. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What if…George III hadn't 'lost' the colonies?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Napoleonic Wars: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on the Russia-Ukraine war“The language, tactics, and weapons hark back to the 1940s”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Molotov cocktails, Ukraine

Q&AWhat is a Molotov cocktail?

Britain’s WW2 island internment camp. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration showing a scene from the Battle of Moore's Creek

The Highlanders of North Carolina & the battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ukraine: the WW2 roots of today's conflict. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, US President Bill Clinton, Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and French President Jacques Chirac at the NATO Summit in May 1997

Nato, Russia, and the history of the post-WW2 tensions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two boys uncover a cache of food during Ukraine’s Holodomor famine, c1934

“Russia has always refused to let Ukraine go”: Keith Lowe on the long roots of today’s crisis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The American Revolutionary War: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Russian civil war, 1919

General History

Russia-Ukraine crisis: 9 milestone moments in history that explain today’s invasion

German soldiers watch a farmhouse they have burned during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941

Second World War

The eastern front in WW2: how it all went wrong for the Germans

The battle of Fishguard: the last invasion of mainland Britain

Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark and the first Viking king of England (Photo by Getty)

How Sweyn Forkbeard became the first Viking king of England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Roman soldier stands on guard during a re-enaction at Birdoswald Roman fort in Carlisle

Roman legions: the backbone of the Roman military

In partnership with Expeditions Rome

Painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie

Bonnie Prince Charlie: Scottish superhero or Italian coward?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soldiers from Mao Zedong’s Red Army assemble in Yan’an, Shaanxi province, 1936 (Photo by Getty)

The Chinese Civil War: a guide to the conflict and the rise of Mao Zedong