TIMELINE OF... CAESAR’S WARS

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THE LAST VULCAN

INVASION OF BRITAIN

Julius Caesar led two military expeditions to Britain during 55-54 BCE, but he faced stiff resistance and neither adventure was a great success

CAESAR vs POMPEY: RIVALS TO THE DEATH

Pompey and Caesar were fierce rivals striving to be the first man in Rome. In the heated environment of the mid-first-century BCE, that rivalry would soon overflow into a bitter civil war

SIEGE OF ALESIA

SEPTEMBER 52 BCE The Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix chose the fortified settlement Alesia as the place where he would confront Julius Caesar and try to end the Roman conquest of Gaul once and for all

CAESAR’S UNLIKELY VICTORY

When Caesar crossed the Rubicon in January 49 BCE, he was a man alone against the Roman state led by the greatest soldier of his generation, Pompey – the odds were heavily stacked against him

MUSSOLINI RISE OF FASCISM

Professor Richard Bosworth, Emeritus Fellow at Jesus College, University of Oxford, reveals how Benito Mussolini’s experience of WWI propelled him on the road to becoming fascist dictator of Italy

KULIKOVO

Grand Prince Dimitri of Moscow’s Russian army outfought the Golden Horde in a desperate clash that shattered the myth of Mongol invincibility

SNIPERS OF THE EASTERN FRONT

Meet the patient sharpshooters who delivered death from afar

ALEXANDER ROBERTS DUNN

Heroes of the Victoria Cross

ORIGINS OF THE JOUST

The must-see martial spectacle of the medieval world was a mix of knightly tradition, combat skills and daring

FERRET

The Ferret is an agile, quiet, low-profile armoured scout car designed for reconnaissance and liaison work on the battlefield

DIARY OF A MASSACRE

Translated into English for the first time, these records provide firsthand accounts of the events leading up to the murder of over 22,000 Poles by Soviet forces in WWII

MUSEUMS & EVENTS

Discover historian James Holland’s exhibition on the development of tanks, the new British Red Cross Museum, and research focussing on US Civil War sailors

YEOMANRY AT WAR: FROM HORSES TO TRUCKS

In 1941 the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry served in the Middle East and North Africa, where they soon swapped their traditional mounts for vehicles. So how did the prestigious cavalry regiment fare with its switch to motorised warfare in the harsh desert conditions?

SIR WINSTON’S WAR ROOMS

Nigel Steel, principal historian and curator at Imperial War Museums’ Churchill War Rooms, takes us on a guided tour

DECEMBER 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 WORST MILITARY LEADERS IN HISTORY

Our pick of the latest military history books and films

RESISTANCE 1942

THIS WORLD WAR II RESISTANCE STORY HAS A GREAT PREMISE BUT IS LET DOWN BY SOME DUBIOUS ACCENTS AND POOR WRITING

SS FOREIGN DIVISIONS & VOLUNTEERS OF LITHUANIA, LATVIA & ESTONIA, 1941-1945

EXAMINING THE LITTLE-KNOWN CONTRIBUTION OF THE THREE BALTIC STATES TO THE NAZI WAR MACHINE, ILLUSTRATED WITH RARE AND PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS

THE CHARGE OF THE HEAVY BRIGADE

A BOOK THAT SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON THE HEROIC DEEDS OF THE HEAVY BRIGADE DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR

HENRY II’S ARMOUR

This suit of parade armour belonged to a 16th centur y king of France who waged war against the Holy Roman Empire