July 3, 1866. The Prussian Army isn’t supposed to win this battle. They’re outnumbered, attacking over bad ground, and most of Europe...

July 2, 1863. At their evening council of war, General Robert E. Lee makes a fatal decision. After two days of attacks on the Union Army,...

July 1, 1916. The British Army goes over the top at 7:30 AM. By nightfall, over 19,000 of the best young men of London, Manchester,...

June 30, 1944. The American army advancing through the countryside of Normandy has finally secured the surrender of the German fortress...

JUNE 29 - 61 AD. The Roman conquest of Britain isn’t even two decades old when it faces its greatest challenge. The Iceni Queen Boudicca,...

June 28, 1575. A great army of knights approach the line on the hill, where they are about to gain a harsh introduction to the modern...

June 27, 1942. A convoy of 35 merchant ships sets out from Hvalfjord, Iceland, to bring desperately needed supplies to the besieged...

June 26, 1876. As the sun rises, 210 troopers of the United States 7th Cavalry lie dead on a hillside in southern Montana. Among them is...

June 25, 1950. North Korean troops and tanks lunge across the 38th Parallel, surprising and overrunning the forces of South Korea. It is...

June 24, 1314. It doesn’t look good for Scotland. William Wallace is dead, the English have ruled in Scotland for almost 20 years, and...

June 23, 1944. Three years after they invaded the Soviet Union, this time it is the Nazis that are taken by surprise when the Red Army...

June 22, 1941. Over three and a half million Axis soldiers crash across the border of the Soviet Union in a surprise attack. As much of...

June 21, 217 BC. A Roman army steps into a perfect ambush on their way through northern Italy. Hannibal, nemesis and bogeyman of the...

June 20, 451 A.D. The tribal confederation of Attila the Hun, the “Scourge of God,” spills into France intent on plunder, destruction and...

June 19, 1867. Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico and brother of the Emperor of Austria, is executed by a firing squad near Queretaro. His...

June 18, 1815. Three armies are on a collision course near a little Belgian town called Waterloo. What follows is the final defeat of one...

June 17, 1775. A beautiful summer’s afternoon in New England is about to become part of history and myth. Just north of Boston, a small...

June 16, 1815. In the farms and fields of Belgium, the Emperor Napoleon is making his last throw of the dice to reclaim his throne, and...

1457 BC. The armies of Pharaoh Thutmose III march into the sun-drenched plain, bronze weapons glinting in the breeze. Chariots rattle...

June 14, 1645. It is a foggy morning as two English armies prepare for battle near the town of Naseby. King Charles I is here to fight...