As museums around the world celebrate the 250th birthday of JMW Turner, it's time to reappraise his beloved and celebrated ...

It was once voted Britain's favourite painting ... Navy, which is depicted in the painting's background. It was a hero in Britain's defence against France during the Napoleonic Wars, but it ...

President Trump plunged the global economy into chaos on April 2 by announcing a wave of tariffs on U.S. imports. In a ...

David Burnett By contrast, the British historiography of the War of 1812 has generally consisted of short chapters squeezed between the grand sweeping narratives of the Napoleonic Wars.

It had been preceded in February 1915 by a naval attack on the Dardanelles ... casual death.” Imperial War Museum / The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY Allied troops felt kinship for their ...

Napoleon's final defeat seemed only a matter of time. But when Coalition armies crossed the Rhine and invaded France, Napoleon - outnumbered 4 to 1 - began one of the most daring and brilliant ...

"Love him or hate him, Napoleon is a figure probably unrivaled in modern history." Today Jonathon Riley, a British General ...

These cadets become Ensigns in the Navy or Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps. Many go to war. Most know what’s brewing in the geopolitical hemisphere, all the threats and conflicts.

A scuba diver off Sicily, Italy, found a ship rudder and cannon linked to a historic 18th century naval battle ... The Battle of Capo Passero took place in the lead-up to the War of the Quadruple ...

By using surviving artifacts, eyewitness testimony, accurately reproduced uniforms, original firearms and the thorough study of battle sites, Don Troiani has done more than imagine what happened 250 ...