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After they've been called into battle by the warlord Ordgar, Tofi and his friend Leofric receive frightening news. Now their country is being ...
Thousands of soldiers died in the longest battle of medieval history, fought near Hastings, on the 14th of October, in 1066.
What would it have been like for Britain's foot soldiers to fight in the Battle of Hastings, during 1066? Before we can answer that que...
With the fierce battle still raging, Marines captured one of Iwo Jimas airfields.
In this historic footage, from the U.
This historic footage, from the U.
For veterans of Guadalcanal, like Robert Leckie - whose real-life experiences are featured in "The Pacific" mini-series - the landing on Peleliu (the ...
Historians tell us that the Battle of Stalingrad was the deadliest in history.
By the time the war in Europe ended, in May of 1945, German U-boats had sent approximately 3,500 merchant vessels to the bottom of the sea - 2,452 in ...
Especially during the early years of World War II, German U-boats crippled supply convoys traveling to and from the United Kingdom.
What do we know about the King Tiger tank?
December-January of 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of the Ardennes Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Bulge. Hitler meant the major German of...
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