Women at War
Penny Ritchie Calder of the Imperial War Museum introduces a major new exhibition for this autumn.
Military
End of the Hundred Years War
The succession of conflicts known as the Hundred Years War ended on October 19th, 1453, when Bordeaux surrendered, leaving Calais as the last English possession in France.
Filming the First World War
Jonathan Lewis and Hew Strachan point out the daunting challenges and exciting opportunities involved in producing a new major TV series.
‘An Army with a State, not a State with an Army’
F.G. Stapleton examines the role played by the armed forces in the government of the Second Reich.
The Battle of Assaye
The East India Company's army led by Arthur Wellesley defeated the Mahrattas at the Battle of Assaye on September 23rd, 1803.
What if Napoleon Had Landed?
John Cookson asks what might have happened had Napoleon actually landed on British soil in 1803-5.
Propaganda and the First Cold War in North Russia, 1918-19
Antony Lockley examines the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War and the propaganda battle between the Bolshevik and British forces on the Archangel front.
The Theatre of War
Marius Kwint reveals long-standing connections between the military and thespian worlds.
The Battle of Civitate
Richard Cavendish describes the Battle of Civitate, fought by the Normans and a papal coalition on June 18th, 1053.
General Gazan de la Peyrière: Fighting for Napoleon
Natalia Griffon de Pleineville remembers a career soldier in Napoleon's army who won distinctions for his energy and commitment over twenty years, but who made a decisive mistake in 1813.