Line of Fire

The Retreat from Mons

The small British Expeditionary Force, moving up into Belgium on the left flank of the French 5th Army, met with the ful

Cambrai (1917)

At Cambrai in November 1917, a tank force of over three hundred tanks punched a hole four miles deep into the German lin

Gallipoli (1915)

The story of the Allied campaign in the Dardanelles that was supposed to knock Turkey out of World War One. Winston Chur

The Somme (1916)

July 1st 1916 was the blackest day in the history of the British Army when a combination of bad planning and German bull

The Battle of Gettysburg (1863)

The historic Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, a turning point in the American Civil War, in which the Confederate troops an

Balaclava (1854)

The battle of Balaclava, aka The Charge of the Light Brigade, was the famous engagement during the Crimean War in which

The Battle of Waterloo

Graphic reconstructions are used to illustrate how Wellington's departure from military tradition at Waterloo secured vi

The Battle of Borodino (1812)

The Battle of Borodino, fought on September 7, 1812, was the largest and bloodiest single-day action of the French invas

The Battle of Trafalgar (1805)

View the most famous naval engagement in history from Admiral Lord Nelson's perspective and see what Villenueve's Allied

The Battle of Austerlitz (1805)

As the famous sun of Austerlitz rose through the pale mist on the morning of December 2nd 1805, the stage was set for on

The Battle of Agincourt (1415)

This battle was fought on 25 October 1415 at Agincourt during the Hundred Years' War, between Henry V of England and a m

The Battle of Culloden (1746)

On 16 April 1746, on Drummossie Moor overlooking Inverness, a well supplied Hanoverian army led by the Duke of Cumberlan

The Third Crusade (1187)

Proclaimed by Pope Gregory VIII, the Third Crusade set out to reclaim Jerusalem from Saladin, the sultan of Egypt and Sy

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Ramesses Warrior Pharaoh

Looks at the struggle for supremacy in the Middle East between Egyptian ruler Ramses II and his Hittite counterpart Muwa

The Battle of Edgehill (1642)

After months of rising tension, the English Civil War finally exploded into life on the slopes of Edgehill on the 23rd o

The Battle of Naseby (1645)

The Battle of Naseby on the 14th of June 1645 all but decided the outcome of the English Civil War. As the sun set on a

The Battle of Bannockburn

In a mighty attempt to crush the Scots, King Edward II placed himself at the head of the invasion of Scotland. In their

The Battle of Marston Moor (1644)

The Battle of Marston Moor on July 2nd 1644 was one of the most important of the entire English Civil War. It was here t

Viking! The Norse Raiders

During the long years of the Dark Ages, the sight which signalled fear and terror for the inhabitants of coastal Britain

The Battle of Hastings (1066)

The great battle fought near the English seaside town of Hastings on October 14th 1066 was perhaps the most significant

Caesar Conqueror of Gaul (52 BC)

In 58 BC, Julius Caesar pushed north from Rome into the unruly lands of the barbarians. Less than eight years later, the

The Roman Conquests of Britain (55 BC)

In 55 BC the ambitious Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome, turned envious eyes towards the mysterious isle called Britain. W

The Conquests of Alexander

The Macedonian king Alexander was one of history's greatest military commanders, a reputation that was earned by a serie

Hannibal's Great Triumph (216 BC)

The tactics used by Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae in 216 BC are still used by military historians to teach and illust

The Spartan Wars (490 BC)

How the Persian army underestimated the might of Greek forces at Marathon in 490 BC. But how did the victors achieve the

Disaster for Athens (404 BC)

This episode looks at the Pelopponesian War between Athens and Sparta and the decisive siege and downfall of Athens in 4

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