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Beyond Agincourt

The overwhelming success of the English at Agincourt had so demoralised the French that the invaders were considered invulnerable. Many

Sierra Leone is a former British colony in West Africa, about the size of Scotland and has been wracked by

In 1759, Britain was locked in a struggle with the French for control of Eastern Canada. The French had established

On the 20th of May 2013, the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal began her final journey from her Portsmouth base

“The executioner then picked up the severed head and, showing it to those present, cried out: ‘God save Queen Elizabeth!

When Ranjit Singh, Maharajah of Punjab died in 1839, the empire he had built gradually became disordered and descended into

San Carlos Water was the site of a major battle between aircraft and ships that lasted for five days in

Henry’s remarkable success against the French in battle is well known, but it is not generally realised how close he

In the early 1950s, many parts of Africa were looking to throw off the colonial rule of their European masters