The Battle of the Somme was one of the most ... to break through the German front line in northern France, 1916. This interactive map shows the victories, defeats and painful stalemate, and ...

But last week the Battle for France, also an important sector of the Battle for Europe, was well on the way to being lost. Arthur Koestler, brilliant novelist (Darkness at Noon) and acute observer ...

off the coast of Spain. The battle had massive repercussions for Napoleon's France and the future of the British Empire.