The charge of the light, battle illustration

Military history

Episode 3A militarised state?.

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.

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

A wall mosaic of Picasso’s Guernica painting.

Q&AWhy did Pablo Picasso paint Guernica?

The Spanish town of Guernica after the bombing by German and Italian aircraft, 1937. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Second World War

The bombing of Guernica: who was responsible?

The Falklands War: everything you wanted to know.

A depiction of the execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico by firing squad

The Siege of Querétaro: the downfall of Maximilian I of Mexico.

What if...The Ottomans had won at Lepanto in 1571?.

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on the laws of war“Russian politicians and military figures behind the awful events unfolding in Ukraine will, one day, be brought to justice”.

The coats of arms of the kingdoms of Scotland and France

Q&AHow old is the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland?

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.

Ben Macintryre is the author of Operation Mincemeat

Ben Macintryre"I had never realised quite how close Operation Mincemeat came to disaster".

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

Second World War

Operation Mincemeat: how a corpse duped Hitler

A photograph of a WW1 soldier and his pet thrush

How WW1 soldiers found hope in nature.

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”.

Why the Ukraine conflict isn’t a new Cold War.

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?.

A silhouette of Roman soldiers against Hadrian's Wall

What was life like on Hadrian's Wall?.

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”.

1942: Churchill’s darkest hour.

What if…George III hadn't 'lost' the colonies?.

The Napoleonic Wars: everything you wanted to know.

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on the Russia-Ukraine war“The language, tactics, and weapons hark back to the 1940s”.

Molotov cocktails, Ukraine

Q&AWhat is a Molotov cocktail?