United Kingdom History

Edward II Biography – The life of Edward II England’s Worst King Documentary

Edward II Biography Edward was born on 13 November 1312, possibly at Windsor, although little is known of his early[…]

Operation Barbarossa The Battle of Britain is over. The Luftwaffe has been driven to exhaustion, and Germany suffers its first[…]

Henry V Documentary Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King[…]

Revolution Increasingly governments faced the risk of their men mutinying, morale cracking, and civilians rising up in strikes and civil[…]

The Georgians Quirky real-life tales include a sailor’s attempt to leave behind his scurvy existence for a Tahitian girl, and[…]

War in the Arctic In World War II the Russians were fighting along a 2,000-mile line that extended from the[…]

A royal affair could be a dangerous liaison. Anne Boleyn flirted with Henry VIII and lost her head. England’s Princess[…]

Richard II Tyranny: Last in the part-dramatised history series with Dan Jones. Richard II was the boy king who stopped[…]

Edward II In a complicated political ans social climate, Edward II, grandson of Henry III, faces his greatest opponent –[…]

Henry III, grandson of Henry II, faces a rebellion led by his once friend Earl Simon de Montfort, who wants[…]

Iron Curtain The Soviet Union dominates Eastern Europe. Churchill warns about the consequences. Stalin insists that the governments of the[…]

Glory Elizabeth I ushered in England’s age of glory, yet sacrificed herself in the bargain. Louis XIV gave Europe its[…]

Law and Disorder In trying to bring justice to England, Henry II brought about one of history’s most infamous murders.[…]

Assassins Good King Wenceslas unfortunately had a wicked brother. The ingenious killers of England’s Edward II left no trace of[…]

Manhattan Ahoy! F35b Lightning Stealth fighter tests an unprecedented method of landing before HMS Queen Elizabeth’s spectacular arrival at New[…]