
Explore the universal drama of war: why leaders and soldiers pick up arms to fight, the technologies that have determined outcomes, the tragedies and triumphs of history’s great battles.

In April 1917 the Germans easily repelled an attack by over a million French soldiers.

The Allied forces who survived the gauntlet on the beaches of Normandy face the Hitler Youth as they press on further.

A massive deployment of paratroopers on June 5, 1944, provides support for the Allies in the Normandy invasion, stymieing Germany's attempt to drive them back.

The development and evolution of the tank, from its birth in WWI to modern urban warfare.

Mao Zedong opened a new era for the Middle Empire, but he did not bring the country to great world power.

A chance discovery about Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci takes the art world by storm.

The Pyramid of Khufu is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World which can still be seen in its original state.

At the heart of Saqqara, the largest necropolis in Egypt, is the Step Pyramid of Djoser, built around 2600 BC.