From the conquering legions of Ancient Rome to the thunderous tank battles of World War II and beyond, History of War takes you deeper inside the minds of history’s fighting men, further under the bonnets of some of the world’s most devastating war machines, and higher above the battlefield to see the broad sweep of conflict as it happened.

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TIMELINE OF THE... CHINESE CIVIL WAR • China tears itself apart over two decades in a bloody conflict that leads to the establishment of the modern Communist government, as well as the creation of an independent Taiwan

LEADERS & COMMANDERS • Politicians, ideologues and military commanders all played a crucial role in the struggle to determine China’s future

LIAOSHEN CAMPAIGN • Communist forces turned the tide of the war in Manchuria with a determined push against Nationalist-held cities

TYPE 97 CHI-HA • The main tank of the People’s Liberation Army was actually Japanese but played a leading role in the Communist victory against the Kuomintang

THE LONG MARCH • Encircled and facing total defeat by the Kuomintang, China’s communists launched a daring breakout to find a safe haven. The year-long exodus decimated Mao’s rebels but saved their revolution

AN UNLIKELY ALLIANCE • When Imperial Japan invaded China in 1937 it brought about the near total defeat of the KMT. Desperate for allies, a ceasefire with the Red Army trapped in Shaanxi made them a second front against the Japanese

DAWN OF GAS WARFARE YPRES • Flesh and blood, iron and timber, synapse and sinew had clashed on the world’s battlefields for millennia. On 22 April 1915 the German Army added a new spectre to the killing fields: poison gas

FORGOTTEN AFRICANS OF THE FORGOTTEN FOURTEENTH • Ghanaian veteran Joseph Hammond recalls fighting for the British Empire within the ‘Forgotten’ Fourteenth Army, as well as his outstanding fundraising efforts against Covid-19

ROYAL WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE • The British Empire established battalions in its West African colonies that earned battle honours in both World Wars

FORCES HELP AFRICA • This Ghana-based organisation supports and honours Commonwealth veterans across the African continent who have served in the British armed forces

POITIERS • In this Hundred Years' War clash, the Black Prince, heir to the throne of England, would prove his worth as a commander and would-be king of France

OPPOSING FORCES

19 SEPTEMBER 1356 • How the English recorded a decisive victory against French forces on French soil

THOMAS CUSTER • While George may be the most famous, or infamous Custer, after risking his life to capture two Confederate flags in the thick of battle, his younger brother Tom was arguably the most beloved

1545 Tudor Rebellion • Sir Thomas Wyatt's armed rebellion to overthrow Queen Mary I almost ended in the execution of her implicated sister, Princess Elizabeth

A NATIONAL PLOT • The revolt of 1554 was highly ambitious and uprisings were planned all over England

SIR THOMAS WYATT The romantic poet • The rebel soldier’s father and namesake was a courtier and talented poet who almost died for the love of Anne Boleyn

FURTHER READING

IS-3 HEAVY TANK • This huge Soviet vehicle began an East-West design rivalry during the Cold War

JANUARY 1941 • To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events from each month of the conflict

MUSEUMS & EVENTS • Visit Berwick-upon-Tweed’s fortifications, the Royal Navy’s museum for munitions and the National Army Museum’s tribute to the Unknown Warrior

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