Battles & Campaigns

The war between Nazi Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union that raged between 1941 and 1945 was the ultimate confrontation between the two great totali...

The epic of Dunkirk has been told many times, but the numerous accounts from surviving soldiers and sailors were often a blur of fear and fighting ...

Over 150,000 troops landed on the five beaches of D-Day, with over 20,000 reported casualties across both sides. June 6, 1944 will be a day forever...

The Crimean War (185456) is widely considered the first modern war with its tactical use of railways, telegraphs, and battleships, its long-range r...

In 1878 southern Africas two most senior figures, army commander General Lord Chelmsford and the High Commissioner Sir Henry Bartle-Frere created a...

A unique comparison between the two most numerous British and German tank types from 1941 to 1943. Although much has been written about the Panzer...

A gripping tale of three crucial battles fought at the end of 1943 as Allied forces approached the Gustav Line in Italy. After repulsing the Germa...

A compelling account of the failure of Imperial Japan's Operation Ro-Go, intended to take the offensive in the Solomons theater of the Pacific War,...

A rich history of the years leading up to 1066 when Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans vied for the English crown. A tale of loyalty, treason and mi...

The German-Japanese War was a key, yet often neglected, episode in the opening phase of the First World War. It had profound implications for the f...