With two excellent studies of the 1870-1871 Franco-German War already available, Sir Michael Howard's venerable classic Franco-Prussian War: The German Invasion of France 1870-1871, Revised Edition ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war and the social unrest that followed, as the French capital was cut off from the rest of the country and food was ...

On October 7, 1870, one of those minor, anecdotal episodes that pepper History amidst greater events took place. A hydrogen balloon named Armand-Barbès lifted off from Paris, setting out towards Tours ...

This Sunday is the 140th anniversary of May 1, 1871. On that date Lord Bulwer-Lytton’s The Coming Race and George Chesney’s “The Battle of Dorking” were both first published, and on that date Samuel ...

The July 12th Orange Order parades have been a point of intense friction in Northern Ireland for many years as Protestants and Catholics clashed over the annual celebration of Protestant King William ...

A rare book found in the RUSI Library of Military History reveals early photographs depicting scenes and the aftermath of the Battle of Sedan. By Carlo Dumontet, Associate Library Fellow This month, ...