Military

The People's War

Juliet Gardiner investigates two new books on wartime society in Britain during the Second World War.

Fortune of War

As the government prepares to bring casinos to our high streets, John Childs looks at a gambling craze of the 1690s.

Women at War

Penny Ritchie Calder of the Imperial War Museum introduces a major new exhibition for this autumn.

End of the Hundred Years War

The succession of conflicts known as the Hundred Years War ended on October 19th, 1453, when Bordeaux surrendered, leaving Calais as the last English possession in France.

Filming the First World War

Jonathan Lewis and Hew Strachan point out the daunting challenges and exciting opportunities involved in producing a new major TV series.

The Battle of Assaye

The East India Company's army led by Arthur Wellesley defeated the Mahrattas at the Battle of Assaye on September 23rd, 1803.