Warfare & Defence

Follow the epic 5,000-year story of warfare - from the earliest battles to the War on Terror - with this guided tour of every major conflict.Combin...

Between the late 8th and late 11th century Viking warriors had a massive impact not just in northern Europe, but across a huge arc from the western...

There are many tales of the Frozen City, and not all of them tell of battles between rival wizards. Often, the greatest adventures are those that p...

Until 1945, Indonesia was a Dutch colony known as the Netherlands East Indies. In 1930, the area had over 60 million inhabitants and was a major ex...

Immediately following the end of World War I, amid the collapse of the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires, bitter fighting broke out in t...

By the early months of 1944 in the Pacific, the US Navys burgeoning force of carrier-based F6F-3/5 Hellcats had pretty much wiped the skies clear o...

Wars are frequently justified 'in our name'. Militarist values and practices co-opt us, permeating our language, invading our dream space, entertai...

Even when Western Allied troops gained a foothold in Normandy, World War II in Europe was far from over. The route to Germanys interior and the Naz...