Military history

The Pearl Harbour attack

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The 11 most significant battles of the Second World War

Franklin D Roosevelt and Sir Winston Churchill

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Secrets of Churchill’s War Rooms

Firemen tackling a blitz fire at St Paul's Cathedral, London

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The Second World War: a timeline

A portrait of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler

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Why did the Second World War happen?

Henry V. (© Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library / Alamy)

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about Henry V and the battle of Agincourt

Richard III's Yorkist troops fight Lancastrians in the battle of Bosworth, during the Wars of the Roses, 22 August 1485. King Richard was killed by Henry of Richmond, who became Henry VII. Engraving after Philip James de Loutherbourg. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

10 things you need to know about the battle of Bosworth

Four soliders of the 36th Sikhs, various ranks, 1896. The regiment was led in January 1897 to occupy the Samana posts, says Captain Jay Singh-Sohal. (Reproduced with permission from australiansikhheritage.com)

The battle of Saragarhi: when 21 Sikh soldiers stood against 10,000 men

The Peterloo Massacre of 16 August 1819 was the bloodiest political event of the 19th century on English soil. Troops under the authority of the Lancashire and Cheshire magistrates attacked and dispersed a rally of some 50,000 reformers on St Peter’s Field, Manchester. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Peterloo: the English uprising

Bonaparte Crossing the Grand Saint-Bernard Pass (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Napoleon Bonaparte: the rise and fall of a dictator

William of Orange at the battle of the Boyne

Q&A When was England last successfully invaded by a foreign power?

Soldiers standing on the western front during WW2

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10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Second World War

In 1358, women finally gained full knightly acceptance in England when they began to be admitted to chivalric orders. (Photo by Eugene Antonov/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Q&A Could a woman become a knight in medieval times?

Simon was found with his whiskers burned off and hurt by four pieces of shrapnel. The medical officer thought he wouldn’t survive the night (Photo by Keystone Pictures USA / Alamy Stock Photo)

10 top cats in history

Jews stand with hands up before German soldiers

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The brutal blitzkrieg: the 1939 invasion of Poland

US soldiers in Vietnam

From the Napoleonic Wars to Vietnam and Iraq: a history of war trauma