Wars

1. World War 1
2. World War 2
3. Europe's Wars in America
4. The Cold War

5. Napoleonic Wars
6. Hundred Years War
7. The Seven Years War

World War 1

Between 1914 and 1918 conflict raged across Europe and the Middle East, disfiguring the landscape, killing over eight million people and transforming our concept of war.

• Introduction to World War 1
• Causes of World War 1
• The Western Front
• Timeline of World War 1
• Glossary of World War 1
• Casualties of World War 1
• Countries of World War 1
• The Christmas Truce of 1914
• The Treaty of Versailles
• Key Figures of World War One

• Women in World War 1
• Women and Work in World War 1
• World War 1 - Overview
• Gas and Tanks
• The Eastern Front
• Verdun
• The Somme
• Passchendaele
• Gallipoli

World War 2

While World War 2 was a truly global conflict, one of the two main belligerents was based in central Europe and conflict engulfed almost the whole continent, from western France to eastern Russia, from the Mediterranean to Arctic waters.

• Overview: World War 2
• Profile: Adolf Hitler
• Pointe du Hoc - The Sixth D-Day Landing
• D-Day Glossary

• Symbols of Empire - Bismarck and Hood
• Who Really Won World War 2 in Europe?
• The Blitz

Europe's Wars in America

When Europe’s maritime powers learnt about the existence of the American continent they set out to explore and conquer it. In doing so Europe fought a number of wars against each other, against indigenous peoples and against their own colonists.

• The American Revolutionary War 101
• Why Britain attempted to Tax American Colonists
• France in the American Revolutionary War
• Germans in the American Revolutionary War

• The Effects of the American Revolutionary War on Britain
• The French-Indian War
• Pontiac's Rebellion and Smallpox as a Weapon

The Cold War

Between 1945 and 1991, Europe was divided between two superpowers and their allies: US led NATO in Western Europe and USSR led Warsaw Pact in the east. The war was 'cold' because there was never a direct military engagement between them, due partly to the presence of nuclear weapons on both sides.

• Cold War 101
• Origins of the Cold War in Europe
• The Berlin Wall
• Berlin Blockade / Airlift

• NATO
• The Marshall Plan
• Cold War Timeline

Napoleonic Wars

Between 1796 and 1815 one of history's most outstanding military minds waged war across Europe: Napoleon Bonaparte.

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Bonaparte or Buonaparte?
• Books on the Napoleonic Wars

Hundred Years War

Fought between 1337 and 1453, the Hundred Years War was a conflict between the Kings of Britain, France and factions of French nobles over both land and the French throne.

• Introduction to the Hundred Years War
• Aftermath of the Hundred Years War
• Biography of Henry V
• Biography of Joan of Arc

The Seven Years War

With Europeans fighting in America, Africa, Asia and Europe, the Seven Years War can claim to have been the first ‘World War’. A large coalition of powers fought against Frederick the Great’s Prussia, and a combination of skill and luck produced a surprising result.

• Introduction to the Seven Years War
• The Diplomatic Revolution