Battles

Pivotal military engagements that have decided the fates of nations.

Into the jaws of death' | US troops disembark from a LCVP craft onto Omaha beach 6 June 1944

The largest seaborne invasion in history: The story of D-Day
Battle of Hampton Roads

The greatest naval battles of all time
Battle of Falklands 1914, William Lionel Wyllie,

The First Battle of the Falkland Islands: 1914
The Battle of Cannae

The Battle of Cannae: Fact file
A photograph of the buildings of Battle Abbey, where William the Conqueror and Kind Harold battled in 1066

The Battle of Hastings
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Guernica: Could WW2 Have Been Stopped That Day?
Black and white photograph of e 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, coming ashore during the Normandy Landings

The soldier awarded a Victoria Cross on D-Day
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Peterloo: The massacre that led to parliamentary reform
Private Bill Millin

The bagpiper of D-Day
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Race To Victory: Episode guide
Lancaster bombers flying overhead.

Just how successful was the Dambuster raid?
Rick, Beau and Gary exploring the River Trent

The Battle of Newark Castle and the River Trent
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River Forth and the Battle of Stirling Bridge (Season 1)
Major John Sturgis' D-Day, D-Day hero, sitting next to his granddaughter India.

Major John Sturgis' D-Day
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The Battle of Tewkesbury and the River Avon
A stock image of the Flag of Scotland

Scotland’s Greatest Victory Over the English
Oliver Cromwell painting

Oliver Cromwell: the most hated man in Irish history?
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The Battle of Yorktown
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Sir Keith Park: Battle of Britain's 'Defender of London'
The Western Front

Alberich: The operation that inspired Sam Mendes' 1917
A photograph showing the front view of a Lancaster Bomber

Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend
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Napoleon: the enlightened despot
The 617 Squadron is 1943

Dambusters: The truth behind the legend
Military evacuation of Dunkirk during World War 2

After Dunkirk
Sean Bean on Waterloo

10 Things you probably didn't know about Sean Bean
A photograph from the Second Battle of El Alamein

The major who led his men into battle with an umbrella
Royal Air Force Boulton Paul Defiant Mk Is of No. 264 Squadron RAF (including L7026 "PS-V" and N1535 "PS-A") based at Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire, August 1940.

The Battle of Britain