The charge of the light, battle illustration

Military history

A Roman galley warship

Q&AHow did a crow help Rome defeat Carthage?

The Battle of the Bulge and children of the Holocaust. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 things you (probably) didn’t know about London’s first zeppelin raid in 1915. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

the streets of London on VE Day, 8 May 1945

The unsung heroes who won the war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history of India and a terrible explosion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

VE Day special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Female warriors from Benin

Q&AHas there ever been a women-only army?

A painting showing the defeat of the Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada: all at sea. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to lead like Saladin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Picture of General Ambrose Everett Burnside

Q&AWhy are whiskers on men's jowls called 'sideburns'?

First World War

In pictures: WWI submarines

BBC History Magazine

In pictures: Newark's National Civil War Centre

Second World War

Second World War heroes ‘had most sex appeal’

Shakespeare and war in the Middle East. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A still from a 1960 film about the Alamo, showing the chapel being covered by troops

Remember the Alamo! What happened in the 1836 siege and battle?

First World War

How did WW1 end?

A British major pictured in German captivity

"How I fell captive to the Germans": the experience of First World War PoWs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A demonstrator vents his spleen at police officers during an anti-Vietnam War rally in London's Grosvenor Square

Britain at war over Vietnam. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Living through the Crusades: 3 poems and songs that reveal how medieval people felt about the holy war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Huts in Lambeth built for bombed-out families, 1945. (Getty)

Britain in 1945: Life in the shadow of victory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Napoleon’s surrender: letter begging Prince Regent for mercy after Waterloo defeat to go on show in Windsor

Hitler and his general staff

1945: The race for Berlin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of Chartist riot

Q&AWhen was the last armed revolt in Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814

The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

Kamikaze pilots and Captain John Smith. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Kamikaze pilot scores a direct hit on a US aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean, c1942. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Photo of bees

First World War

Q&AWhat was the Battle of the Bees?

First World War

In WW1, what did the Allies want to achieve?

Picture depicting the Dogger Bank Incident

Q&AWhat was the 'North Sea Outrage'?

American forces advance through the Ardennes forest during the battle of the Bulge. (Photo by George Silk/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

The battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s final gamble. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.