Military

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• Borodino Field: 1812 & 1941
  How Napoleon and Hitler met their matches outside Moscow
• Animals at war: The PDSA Dickin Medal
  Commemorating the animals who have received the PDSA Dickin Medal
• Helmet history: Impractical German headdress
  German helmets were a status symbol, but how practical were they?
• The fall of Tenochtitlan
  The siege of Tenochtitlan resulted in the fall of Aztec civilisation
• From socks to scout cars: How to supply the army at war
  A brief look at the complex supply systems of WWI and WWII
• Camp debate: Bloody Sunday 1972
  The perspective of a young British soldier watching the violence in Londonderry unfold
• The poppy as a symbol of remembrance
  The history of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance is not as clear cut as has been previously assumed
• The Battle of Goose Green
  An introduction to Goose Green, the first and longest battle of the Falklands War
• How Russian was the revolution of 1917?
  Douglas Boyd outlines misconceptions about Russia’s brutal rebellion
• Gibraltar: Conquered by no enemy
  Gibraltar has found its voice but the question of sovereignty remains unresolved
• The Siege of Mafeking: A timeline of events
  A timeline of the 217-day siege battle for the town of Mafeking (now called Mahikeng) in South Africa during the Second Boer War
• The Battle of Culloden 1746
  Culloden, the last full-scale pitch battle fought on the British Isles, was the culmination the Jacobite Rising of 1745
• An A-Z of the Falklands War
  A guide to some of the lesser-known aspects to the British involvement in the Falklands conflict
• Britain’s last invasion: Fishguard 1797
  When a French invading force landed on 22 February the last invasion of mainland Britain had begun
• King Shaka’s Zulu
  The legacy of Shaka Zulu, one of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu Kingdom
• Hastings 1066: The Battle
  The most historically significant battle in English history
• Five great battles from history
  Author and historian Simon Elliott shares five historic battles that have attracted his interest
• The man who saved the ninja
  How the samurai Chikamatsu Shigenori made his mark on the world
• Operation Unthinkable – Churchill’s plans to invade the Soviet Union
  1945 was the year when Europe was the crucible for a Third World War
• Embed: With the world’s armies in Afghanistan
  A personal look at the war
• Family loyalty and deceit within the clan of Dracula
  So, you think you’ve got family problems?
• Interpreting the Battle of Bosworth Field
  Can we ever be certain of what happened at the Battle of Bosworth?
• Special Force: Legacy of the Chindits
  77 Brigade and the Second World War
• The ninja or samurai myth
  The popular misconception concerning Japanese spy-commandos known as the shinobi
• 10 things you didn’t know about the Zulu Army
  Chris Peers uncovers some little known facts about the Zulu Army