KINGDOM OF SAXONY 16-19 OCTOBER 1813

How the Red Army pushed back German forces and what they discovered in their wake as WWII turned

FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, USA 11-15 DECEMBER 1862

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

On 21 October 1805, smoke filled the skies over the seas west of Cape Trafalgar, a headland in the Province of Cádiz in the southwest of Spain, as a fierce battle raged. After nearly five hours of int

Thomas Jones Barker completed this enormous painting to commemorate the Crimean War’s last major action