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ANGLO-MARATHA WARS
This series of conflicts bet een the British East India Company and the Maratha Confederacy stretched over 40 years. The eventual destruction of the Confederacy helped Britain tighten its grip on subcontinent
ANGLO-MYSORE WARS
From the 1760s to the 1790s, the East India Company fought a series of conflicts against the Kingdom of Mysore. The kingdom’s final defeat in 1799 greatly _ assisted the British in their eventual domination of India
TIMELINE OF... MILITARY RAILWAYS
Rail transportation and artillery played an important part in military planning from the mid-19th century to the Cold War
Heroes of the Victoria Cross NEVILLE HOWSE
During a fighting retreat at Vredefort, in the Orange Free State, this medical officer rescued a severely wounded man and carried him to safety, despite fierce enemy fire
HOW EDINBURGH CASTLE DEFIED THE JACOBITE REBELLION
During the rebellion of 1745, Jacobite forces took control of Edinburgh - but the city's iconic castle would not surrender
THE HITLER WHO FOUGHT FOR THE ALLIES
The estranged half-nephew of the Nazi leader, William Patrick Hitler led his own wartime crusade against his half-uncle across the ocean. William's story is one of family drama, FBI investigations and eventually the taking up of arms against the Axis
EYES ON THE SAND THE LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP AT EL ALAMEIN
Watching and reporting enemy movements, the LRDG served as Monty's eyes and ears in the build up to the decisive battle
AN END TO THE BEGINNING - THE SECOND BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN (23 OCTOBER - 11 NOVEMBER 1942)
Eighty years ago, the Allied 8th Army launched a decisive offensive against the Axis forces in North Africa. It saw the tipping point of a long struggle for dominance over the region and precipitated the Axis collapse in the Mediterranean
WWII SUPER GUNS
In the second great global conflict, railways were mounted with some of the biggest artillery pieces the world had seen
HOSPITAL TRAINS
These long military medical trains were first developed in the 1850s and reached the zenith of their effectiveness during World War I
WWI ON RAILS
The outbreak of the Great War saw the rapid development of armoured trains - formidable weapons that played a pivotal role in the conflict
FIRST MILITARY RAILWAYS
Some of the earliest railway networks became critical to conflicts around the world, transporting men and materiel
KUTUZOV: A LIFE IN WAR AND PEACE
FACT-CHECKING THE HERO STATUS OF FIELD MARSHAL KUTUZOV, WHO FOR HALF A CENTURY SERVED IN ALMOST EVERY MAJOR CONFLICT IN WHICH RUSSIA TOOK PART
DÜNKIRCHEN 1940: THE GERMAN VIEW OF DUNKIRK
FOR THE BRITISH, DUNKIRK WAS ONE OF THE DEFINING BATTLES OF WWII, THE ARMADA OF 'LITTLE BOATS' SYMBOLISING COURAGE AND DEFIANCE AS THEY RESCUED THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. BUT HOW DID THE GERMANS VIEW IT?
WWII THIS MONTH...SEPTEMBER 1942
To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict
WOMEN & WAR
A new exhibition at Biggin Hill Memorial Museum commemorates women's contribution to the RAF and the defence of the United Kingdom during the darkest hours of World War II
ROME'S GRAND STRATEGY
"THE ROMANS DID DO SERIOUS STRATEGIC THINKING, THEY DID EXECUTE A SERIOUS LONG-TERM STRATEGY. AND THEY MAINTAINED IT FOR 500 YEARS"
Heroes of the Victoria Cross: PATRICK ANTHONY PORTEOUS
Amid the disastrous Dieppe Raid of August 1942, this 24-year-old officer took command of a depleted unit, saved a comrade, and led a charge against enemy positions
INSIDE THE FORTIFIED CHURCHES OF TRANSYLVANIA
Standing on the hilltops of the Transylvanian countryside, the mighty fortified churches protected their citizens throughout centuries of Tatar and Ottoman invasion
TRENTON
The battered Americans hatch a bold plan to turn the tide of the War of Independence
MODERN ANTI-TANK WEAPONS
Rapidly advancing technology has fuelled new generations of infantry and aerial anti-tank weapons
WWII PANZERFAUSTS & PIATs
As highly manoeuvrable armoured units gained huge success on the battlefields of Europe and beyond, increasingly accurate and powerful weapons were put into the hands of infantrymen
WWI TAKING ON THE FIRST TANKS
On the morning of 15 September 1916 the British Army altered the course of land warfare forever, deploying 49 Mark I tanks into the Battle of the Somme. This new technology quickly necessitated strong counter-measures
PORTUGAL'S FORGOTTEN COLONIAL WAR
While the US and allies fought the Viet Cong's guerrilla campaign, Portugal mounted its own counter-insurgency in its colonial possessions in Angola and Mozambique. This largely overlooked conflict witnessed one of Africa's last major wars of independence from European colonialism
COLD WAR ROCKET-POWERED PRECISION
Since the end of World War Il tanks and the weapons designed to destroy them have been locked in a deadly race for dominance on the battlefield
M24 CHAFFEE LIGHT TANK
The US Army M24 Chaffee light tank first saw service in WWII with the Allies in December 1944
AXIS SALLY: TRUE STORY OF AN ALL-AMERICAN TRAITOR
A troubled child, failed Broadway actress, impressionable lover and Nazi propagandist, Mildred Gillars' life is an American tale that descends into the darkest depths of betrayal
TIMELINE OF...ANTI-TANK WEAPONS
Over the course of a century, armed forces around the world produce a variety of weapons and devices to counter the evolution of armoured warfare
WOLF HOUND
THE STRANGE HISTORY OF THE KG 200 LUFTWAFFE UNIT THAT FLEW CAPTURED ALLIED AIRCRAFT GETS EVEN MORE SURREAL
MUSEUMS & EVENTS
Learn about restoration work to a Dunkirk painting at Churchill’s former house, the UK’s top WWII festival, an exhibition on children of service personnel, and the opening of the Wrens Museum