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© Alamy MILITIA MEN November 1914 German Landsturm

WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

Sprawling empires, rising nations and powerful dynasties clash in a bid for control over Europe’s future

THE RISE OF PRUSSIA

Frederick II took his first steps towards becoming ‘The Great’ during his campaign in Silesia

THE COLONIAL WAR

Fighting was not confined to Europe, as hostilities raged through the colonial possessions of Britain, France and Spain

BATTLE FOR THE LOW COUNTRIES

French Marshal Maurice de Saxe earned a formidable battlefield reputation during the second phase of the war

THE WAR IN ITALY

Political manoeuvrings were at least as important as military operations during a tumultuous period on the peninsula

YPRES

Through hard fighting at Passchendaele in 1917 the Australians’ reputation was further enhanced, but at a heavy cost in blood

CHICKAMAUGA

With its fortunes looking grim after defeat at Gettysburg, the reinforced Confederate Army of Tennessee looked to beat the advancing Union Army of the Cumberland outside the vital transportation railway hub of Chattanooga

LETTERS FROM THE EASTERN FRONT

Some of the most horrific fighting of WWII took place in 1942 as Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union began to grind to a halt. Letters from German soldiers in the east during this critical year reveal what life was like on the frontline

CITY UNDER SIEGE LENINGRAD

For nearly 900 days the city withstood bombardment and starvation as Nazi Germany attempted to conquer it. But why, in a conflict that saw the emergence of the jet and the advent of the atomic age, was such a brutal, even medieval strategy deployed?

WHAT IF: NAPOLEON HAD WON THE BAT TLE OF WATERLOO?

It’s one of history’s great hypotheticals, but would a French victory at Waterloo really have changed the course of history? We asked a pair of experts to give their takes

FREDERICK TILSTON

In March 1945, during an attack on the Hochwald Forest in Germany, this Canadian officer performed numerous acts of bravery to earn the Commonwealth’s highest military honour

BATTLESHIPS

While Britain’s navy ruled the waves in centuries past, the future battles above and below the surface call for cutting-edge capabilities

KA-52 ALLIGATOR

This two-seat attack helicopter, known to NATO as Hokum B, is a modernised version of its Cold War predecessor

MUSE& EVENTS

Discover the National Army Museum’s latest displays, the recovery of Hawker Hurricanes near Kyiv and the Dutch Resistance Museum’s new exhibition

OCTOBER 1943

To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict

AFTER THE NAZIS

HOW WEST GERMANY REBUILT ITSELF CULTURALLY FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

A FAITHFUL SPY

WALTER BELL’S CAREER AS A SPOOK BEGAN IN THE 1930s AND SAW HIM PLAY A KEY ROLE IN WWII AND ITS TURBULENT AFTERMATH

THE FOREST BROTHERHOOD

THE UNTOLD TALE OF HEROIC BATTLES FOR FREEDOM FROM SOVIET OCCUPATION OF THE BALTIC STATES, DURING AND AFTER WWII

AFGHAN AIR WARS

SOVIET, US AND NATO OPERATIONS, 1979-2012