Arnhem 1944:
The Battle of Arnhem has acquired a near-legendary status in British military history as an audacious plan to land paratroopers into the Netherlands and spearhead an attack against the German-held Ruhr.

Hastings 1066:
In 1066 the most significant battle on English soil – and arguably the most important in British history – took place some six miles northwest of Hastings.

El Alamein 1942:
The Second Battle of El Alamein was one of the most decisive Allied victories of the Second World War.The Second Battle of El Alamein marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War.

Passchendaele 1917:
Passchendaele 1917 is the story of one of the most pitiless and iconic battles of the First World War, known today as Third Ypres.

Somme 1916:
One of the bloodiest conflicts in military history, the Battle of the Somme raged from 1 July to 18 November 1916. It has come to signify for many the waste and bloodshed of the First World War as hundreds of thousands of men on all sides lost their lives.

Isandlwana 1879:
On January 22, 1879, a 20,000-strong Zulu army attacked 1,700 British and colonial forces. The engagement saw primitive weapons of spears and shields clashing with the latest military technology.

Waterloo 1815:
In this bloody engagement, more than 20,000 men were lost on the battlefield that day by each side, but it was the Anglo-Allies who emerged victorious.

Bosworth 1485:
Bosworth Field saw the two great dynasties of the day clash on the battlefield: the reigning House of York, led by Richard III, against the rising House of Tudor, led by Henry Tudor, soon to become Henry VII.