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Military HistoryBattles and Campaigns
Explore the battles, campaigns and military operations that changed kingdoms, empires and the balance of power across history.
Featured Battles and Campaigns
Discover the major forms of military operations and the conflicts that transformed political and strategic history.
Battles That Changed History
Explore engagements whose outcomes altered wars, destroyed armies, changed borders and transformed political power.
Explore Decisive Battles β Operational WarfareMajor Campaigns
Follow military operations across weeks, months and entire theatres, from ancient conquests to modern offensives.
Explore Campaigns β Warfare by TypeLand, Sea and Air
Discover sieges, naval battles, air campaigns, amphibious operations and the changing forms of combat.
Explore by Type βExplore Battles by Historical Period
Follow the evolution of military operations from the ancient world to contemporary conflict.
Ancient Battles
Marathon, Thermopylae, Gaugamela, Cannae, Alesia and the campaigns of the ancient Mediterranean.
Explore Ancient Battles β Middle AgesMedieval Warfare
Hastings, the Crusades, Agincourt, sieges and campaigns fought by medieval kingdoms and empires.
Explore Medieval Battles β Early Modern EraGunpowder Warfare
Artillery, firearms, religious wars, imperial conflict and the rise of new military states.
Explore Early Modern Battles β Revolutionary EraNapoleonic Battles
Austerlitz, the Peninsular War, Leipzig, Waterloo and the campaigns that reshaped Europe.
Explore Napoleonic Warfare β Nineteenth CenturyIndustrial Age Battles
The American Civil War, Crimean War, Franco Prussian War and campaigns shaped by industrial power.
Explore Nineteenth Century Warfare β 1914 to 1918World War I
Marne, Gallipoli, Verdun, Somme, Passchendaele, Amiens and the Hundred Days Offensive.
Explore World War I Battles β 1939 to 1945World War II
Poland, France, Britain, Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Normandy, Berlin and the Pacific War.
Explore World War II Battles β 1945 to PresentCold War and Modern Conflict
Korea, Vietnam, the Middle East, the Falklands, Gulf War and contemporary military operations.
Explore Modern Battles βBattles and Campaigns by Type
Discover how geography, technology and military objectives created different forms of warfare.
Major Wars and Campaigns
Follow entire conflicts through the campaigns and battles that determined their outcome.
The Punic Wars
Rome and Carthage fought for supremacy across Sicily, Italy, Spain and North Africa.
Explore the Punic Wars β Medieval ConflictThe Crusades
Campaigns linking Europe, Byzantium and the Middle East over several centuries.
Explore the Crusades β Revolutionary WarfareThe Napoleonic Wars
A series of campaigns that transformed military organization and European politics.
Explore the Napoleonic Wars β Global ConflictWorld War I
Industrial warfare across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the world's oceans.
Explore World War I β Total WarWorld War II
Campaigns across Europe, North Africa, Asia and the Pacific transformed the global order.
Explore World War II β Cold WarKorea and Vietnam
Two major conflicts shaped by ideological rivalry, intervention and divided states.
Explore Cold War Campaigns βFeatured Battles
Explore engagements whose military and political consequences extended far beyond the battlefield.
Battle of Marathon
An Athenian victory over Persian forces that became one of the defining battles of the Greco Persian Wars.
Explore the Battle β 216 BCBattle of Cannae
Hannibal's destruction of a Roman army became one of the most studied tactical victories in military history.
Explore the Battle β 1066Battle of Hastings
William of Normandy's victory transformed the English monarchy and political order.
Explore the Battle β 1815Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon's final defeat ended his return to power and reshaped the European balance.
Explore the Battle β 8 August 1918Battle of Amiens
The Allied offensive that shattered German positions and helped begin the Hundred Days Offensive.
Read the Battle of Amiens β 1942 to 1943Battle of Stalingrad
A devastating struggle on the Eastern Front that became a major strategic turning point in World War II.
Explore the Battle βLatest Battles and Campaigns
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