War of the austrian succession

PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE 25 SEPTEMBER - 13 OCTOBER 1915

Before the sun rose over the windswept pampas on the morning of 20 September 1835, the stillness of Porto Alegre was broken by the thunder of hooves and gunfire. A band of rebels launched a daring ass

How Britain addressed security policy after Waterloo

MUKDEN, MANCHURIA, CHINA 23 FEBRUARY – 10 MARCH 1905

Around midday, off the coast at Actium in western Greece, two great fleets met in a confrontation that would decide the fate of the Roman world. Octavian, adopted heir of Julius Caesar, led a discipli

Nineteenth-century opera is packed with scenes of fiery confrontation, from the red-hot love entanglements in Bizet’s Carmen to the apocalyptic clashes between gods, demigods and humans in Wagner’s Ri