The flagship of the English navy, the Mary Rose ... misconception that the last war between France and England ended in 1815 with the final defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. It is true that this ...

The example of British unification highlights how North American union could precipitate a new era of prosperity.

The Founding of Australia 1788 was painted in 1937 by Algernon Talmage. It was commissioned for the sesquicentenary celebrations of 1938. The painting depicts the moment that Captain Arthur Phillip ...

In an 8-million-acre hoodwink, Gregor MacGregor stole the lifesavings of hundreds of farmers and sent scores to their deaths.

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced ... The first Intrepid dates back to 1798 when it was built in France for Napoleon's journey to Egypt. It was sold afterward to the Barbary state of ...

The Founding of Australia 1788 was painted in 1937 by Algernon Talmage. It was commissioned for the sesquicentenary ...

she had had fierce and bloody wars with the Grim Tartars ... for a brief moment. Napoleon resolved to plant the power of France in Egypt, and had magnificent schemes of an Eastern empire.

They redoubled their efforts in the 1870s after the disastrous Franco-Prussian War, and the French Empire reached a peak between the world wars when France took over parts ... of cards after Spain was ...

By Stephen Smoot President Donald Trump has moved back into his comfort zone on foreign policy - working on a real estate deal for Greenland that would even outstrip Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana ...

Napoleon (I now know) told the island's French governor that he had picked Elba as his retreat when he was forced to abdicate the throne as Emperor of France, in 1814. Really he had no choice ...

The brutal 500-year history of English violence in Europe.

France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But ...