Military History
***TOO LONG***The Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England (German: die Luftschlacht um England), was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-sca...
***TOO LONG***The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815).
***TOO LONG***The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion...
***TOO LONG***The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition, a British-led coalition consisting of ...
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***TOO LONG***Battles of Ypres, 1917
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***TOO LONG***Franco-American victory
The Pivotal Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
***TOO LONG***The Battle of Agincourt (/ˈædʒɪnkɔːr(t)/ AJ-in-kor(t);[a]French: Azincourt [azɛ̃kuʁ]) was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place on 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day) near Azincourt, in northern France.[b] The unexpected English victory against the numerical...
Contribution of the Battle of Salamanca to British Heritage.
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Contribution of the Battle of Imphal to British Heritage.
***TOO LONG***The Battle of Blenheim (German: Zweite Schlacht bei Höchstädt; French: Bataille de Höchstädt; Dutch: Slag bij Blenheim) fought on 13 August [O.S. 2 August] 1704, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. The overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna fro...
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***TOO LONG***Great Britain
***TOO LONG***The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55), an Allied attempt to capture the port and fortress of Sevastopol, Russia's principal naval base on the Black Sea. The engagement followed the earlier Allied vict...
Contribution of the Battle of the Boyne to British Heritage.
Contribution of the Battle of Rorke's Drift to British Heritage.
The Turning Point in British History.
Contribution of the Battle of Hastings to British Heritage.
An Emblematic Figure of British Military Heritage.
Contribution of Admiral Andrew Cunningham to British Heritage.
***TOO LONG***Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB, FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. He is credited along with Warren Hastings for laying the foundation of British rule in India. He began ...
A Hero of British Heritage.
Contribution of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding to British Heritage.
Contribution of Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward to British Heritage.
***TOO LONG*** Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the sam...
A Warrior King and the Architect of England's Military Dominance - Contribution to British Heritage.
Contribution of David Stirling to British Heritage.
The Father of British Airborne Forces.
