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Between German unification (1871) and the outbreak of the First World War (1914), European international relations were increasingly shaped by alliance diplomacy...

In this gallery of 75 images, we examine the key features of WWII's Pacific War. After the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the US naval base in Hawaii, Japan continued to expand its empire until the turning point of the...

This map illustrates the course and key developments of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), the North American theater of the global Seven Years' War between...

This collection of maps tells the story of World War I (1914-1918), a global conflict that originated in Europe and emerged from a combination of militarism, alliance systems, imperial rivalries, and nationalist tensions...

Africa became a central arena in the global struggle of the Second World War (1939–1945), where imperial rivalry, strategic geography, and colonial governance converged. Campaigns in North Africa (1940–1943) pitted...

This collection of maps tells the story of World War II in Europe and Africa (1939–1945), a global conflict that emerged from unresolved tensions after World War I, economic instability, expansionist ambitions...

The American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence (1775–1783) began as a crisis within the British Empire and developed into a war for sovereignty...

In this video, we are going to introduce you to some of the other important warriors and heroes from the Iliad that you need to know! The Trojan War was fought between the Greeks and the defenders of the city...

British soldiers engaging in a tug of war on Christmas Day 1899 in Ladysmith during the Boer War (1899-1902). Photograph by Reinhold Thiele. Imperial War Museums, London.

Sun Tzu (l. c. 500 BCE) was a Chinese military strategist and general best known as the author of the work The Art of War, a treatise on military strategy (also known as The Thirteen Chapters). He was associated (formally or as an inspiration...