The Battle of Midway

For the final episode in our 'Commanders' series, we've drawn on your suggestions to pay tribute to the commanders who didn’t make our main episodes, but left a lasting mark on the Second World War.Joining us is Jonathan Bratten, a historian and serving Major in the Maine Nationa ...  Show more

Discover the story behind one of history’s most powerful and controversial eras in our three-part mini-series on the Crusades.From a complete guide to every major Crusade, to the shadowy world of the Assassins and Knights Templar, and finally the dramatic Siege of Acre, we uncove ...  Show more

The battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle of WWII, it consisted of four separate actions near the Philippines between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy.

The Japanese plan was to disrupt the American landings on the island of Leyte. In one respect, t ...

7th December 2021 marks the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States of America into the Second World War.

On the morning of 7th December 1941, just before 8am the Japanese launched their attack on the US naval base of Pearl Harbor i ...

In accounts of the Second World War, the role Navy's played is often overlooked. But the Navy's of both the Allied and Axis forces engaged in some of the biggest maritime campaigns in history. From near total elimination of forces, to epic sea battles, the Second World War change ...  Show more

Le 7 décembre 1941, sans déclaration de guerre, le Japon lance une attaque aéronavale contre la flotte américaine du Pacifique basée à Pearl Harbor dans l’archipel des îles Hawaï. Son but : empêcher les Américains de contrecarrer la politique expansionniste du Japon en Asie du Su ...  Show more