Military

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

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

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

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.

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

F.G. Stapleton examines the role played by the armed forces in the government of the Second Reich.

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

John Cookson asks what might have happened had Napoleon actually landed on British soil in 1803-5.

Antony Lockley examines the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War and the propaganda battle between the Bolshevik and British forces on the Archangel front.

Marius Kwint reveals long-standing connections between the military and thespian worlds.