On April 11, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Army troops liberated the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near Weimar, ...

Sir Michael Morpurgo will reveal a story of canine courage at Goodwoof on Saturday, May 17 in a happy return to a place of ...

In 1471, during a series of civil wars for control of the English throne, known as the Wars of the Roses, King Edward IV of England seized London from Henry ...

Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of ...

Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), will forever be etched into the annals of history as the ...

In the summer of 1815, the gruelling Battle of Waterloo raged. It would be the conflict that would finally put an end to the ...

Wellington Street was named for the Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Wellington Street ...

What if a modern main battle tank appeared at the Battle of Waterloo? This thought experiment explores how advanced armor, firepower, and technology could impact Napoleon’s chances and whether one ...

Historians fear a £1.6 million Belgian farm which was the site of a battle ‘that made defeating Napoleon at Waterloo possible’ could be turned into a block of flats. Gemioncourt Farm is a key ...

It all ended with the Battle of Waterloo, where the English and other European powers finally ended Napoleon's campaign to rule the world. The movie Waterloo is one of the best war movies ever ...

Byron, travelling in a replica of his hero Napoleon’s coach, visited the spot where his relative died a year after the battle. He mightily deplored the outcome (‘Oh, bloody and most bootless Waterloo’ ...

Tom Boggioni is a writer, born, raised and living in San Diego — where he attended San Diego State University. Prior to writing for Raw Story, he wrote for FireDogLake, blogged as TBogg, and ...