Capturing the immediacy of fighting and the writhing bodies of soldiers, as well as keeping narrative clarity, proved enormously difficult for painters depicting battles before the advent of photography. Michael Hall reveals how they rose to the challenge

A prolonged conflict, a modified Treaty of Versailles and no League of Nations may have transpired without direct American involvement

The jungle warfare in the Far East was both a tactical and political challenge for British forces in WWII

He’s not going to make it, George. If you don’t come and make your peace, you’ll regret it forever.” It was Brize who told me. He had driven over from his Field Hospital to find me. Timing was fortuna

What makes for a great World Championships? The course? The performances? The backdrop? The roster? The crowds? The history-making? The list goes on, but as the starter’s pistol sounded to release the

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