In 1809, with Napoleon and his best troops bogged down in Spain, Austria decided to try to get revenge for her humiliation at ...

The four-day Battle of Leipzig would be the largest and bloodiest battle in European history before the First World War, and ...

The important role of women on board ship during the Royal Navy's heyday in the 1700s and 1800s has often been overlooked. As ...

Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars invented Britain’s first brass bands earlier than previously thought ...

AD: Birth of Tiberius, second emperor of the Roman Empire 1272: Henry III dies aged 65. 1380: French King Charles ...

It’s too early to tell what implications his 2024 presidential return will have, but they will be felt worldwide ...

Each year in November, the poppy appears on coats across the country. It's a symbol as old as any of us, but where did it ...

Hundreds of military bands were set up in the Napoleonic Wars, which lasted almost continuously from 1793 ... in amateur ...

In July 2015, my Budapest dwelling parents suggested we meet in Vienna for a family vacation − they took the train, my ...

and exhilarating battle sequences to produce one of the best films about the Napoleonic Wars ever made. Supported by an experienced cast, the film features a young Christopher Plummer as Napoleon ...

Britain has a long, rich involvement in some of the most significant battles in history. From the American Revolution to the Napoleonic and both World Wars, the significance of these events cann ...

Peter van Agtmael’s images of war and domestic strife are arresting and almost cinematically spare, but it is the careful ...