THE KAISER & THE FÜHRER

Welcome

Napoleon on his deathbed on the island prison

ATS TABLE MANNERS Taken: c.1945

Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) Privates Hiscocks, Bowron, Morrison

RECONQUISTA

Small Christian kingdoms wrest control of Iberia from Islamic rulers in wars of ‘Reconquest’ that last for over 700 years

RECONQUISTADORS

The Reconquista was defined by the military efforts of talented rulers across Iberia – both Christian and Muslim

THE BATTLE OF LAS NAVAS DE TOLOSA

In 1212, as religious tensions boiled over, the Christians of northern Spain set aside their differences to deal the Almohad Caliphate a critical defeat

RECONQUISTA WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Spain’s Christian conquerors immortalised their victories as the righteous restoration of Christian rule, but was this narrative religious propaganda used to alienate Spain from its Muslim heritage?

EL CID MASTER OF THE BATTLEFIELD?

Although he would later be mythologised as Spain’s great Christian hero, like many of his mid-Reconquista counterparts El Cid served Muslims and Christians alike in the pursuit of power

NAPOLEON’S DOWNFALL

After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled to a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean. Closely monitored by his captors, the former Emperor fought a last battle for posterity

ESCAPE PLANS AND CONSPIRACIES

Napcheen

INCHON

How taking a one-in-5,000 chance paid off for General MacArthur and the UN troops

A KAISER WITHOUT A KINGDOM

After defeat in the First World War, Wilhelm II ended his days in exile, watching as Germany was consumed by Nazism

LEWIS MILLETT

This captain led the last bayonet charge in US military history, with two platoons, to take a strongly held enemy position near Soam-Ni, Korea

Five Secret Female Soldiers

Across the centuries women’s role in warfare has been questioned, downplayed and even erased from history. Nonetheless, for as long as there has been war, women have served on the frontline, often being forced to use clever and elusive means to hide their gender

COMET A34

Perhaps the best British-built tank of World War II, the Comet marked a transition in armoured vehicle doctrine

FALKLANDS SINKINGS

Author and historian Paul Brown uncovers new information on the ships lost in the 1982 War

MUSEUM & EVENTS

Discover Derry-Londonderry’s connection with the Spanish Armada, America’s WWI museum and the oldest stone castle in Scotland

UP CLOSE WITH THE ENGINEERS

The REME Museum has launched a new online photo archive of many previously unseen images from the British Army’s vital maintenance corps

WWII THIS MONTH… MAY 1941

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

THE EIGHT HUNDRED

THE SIX-DAY BATTLE FOR SIHANG WAREHOUSE, COMMEMORATED IN CHINA BUT UNKNOWN IN THE WEST, IS RETOLD IN GORY SPLENDOUR

THE REAPER’S HARVESTING SUMMER

THE STORY OF THE 12-SS PANZER DIVISION, A UNIT OF GERMAN TEENAGERS THAT RECEIVED ITS BAPTISM OF FIRE IN THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN

TORPEDO

A DEEP DIVE INTO THE HORRORS OF WWII THAT’S HOLED BY SOME OUTLANDISH SCENES

BARBAROSSA & THE BLOODIEST WAR IN HISTORY

THE STORY OF THE MOST EPIC STRUGGLE IN THE HISTORY OF WARFARE TOLD THROUGH THE EYES OF THE SOVIET MEN AND WOMEN WHO FOUGHT IN IT

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16th CENTURY DUTCH SWORD

This impressive weapon was presented to a Dutch rebel for his successful defence of Alkmaar against a numerically superior Spanish army