The Battle of Stamford Bridge
Edward the Confessor, who had died childless in January 1066, had become King in 1042 following the death of Harthacnut, ...
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Operation Market Garden 1944
Operation Market Garden was an allied plan to advance into the Netherlands and secure bridges that would enable them to ...
Saladin Took Jerusalem
During the summer of 1187 Saladin had taken control of most of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Many refugees fleeing the ...
Battle of Tours 738 CE
This was a decisive battle fought between a Frankish army led by Charles Martel, supported by Odo of Aquitaine and ...
The Battle of Hastings 1066
The battle of Hastings was a decisive battle fought for control of England between the forces of William Duke of ...
First Battle of Ypres 1914
The medieval town of Ypres stands on the main route between France and the Belgian Channel ports. In 1914 the ...
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was an historic sea battle fought off Cape Trafalgar on the southern Spanish coast between the ...
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade is the nickname given to the Battle of Balaclava, a key battle fought during ...
Second Battle of Newbury
The second battle of Newbury was an indecisive battle fought between the Royalists led by Charles I and Parliamentarians led ...
The Battle of Cambrai
The Battle of Cambrai was a World War One Western Front battle that lasted from November 20th to December 7th ...