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Wrecked Japanese Plane, Makin Atoll, 1943
A wrecked Japanese seaplane and US forces on the beach at Makin Atoll, part of the Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati), in November 1943. The Battle of Makin was part of the Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign...
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Map of the First Crusade, 1096 - 1099 - Routes, Campaigns & the Rise of the Crusader States
The First Crusade (1096–1099) emerged from Pope Urban II’s (reign 1088–1099) appeal at the Council of Clermont (1095), following requests for military assistance from...
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Map of Europe Before the Fall of Constantinople, c. 1450 - Political Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean
Around 1450 CE, Europe and the eastern Mediterranean stood at the intersection of declining medieval powers and emerging regional states. The Byzantine Empire...
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Map of the Voyage of Aeneas from Troy to the Origins of Rome - The Mediterranean Journey in Virgil’s Aeneid
The voyage of Aeneas, Trojan prince and hero of The Aeneid, belongs to Rome’s foundation mythology rather than historical record. Composed by Virgil (70–19...
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E. P. Alexander
A photograph of E.P. Alexander (1835-1910), who was a Confederate officer, chief engineer, signal officer, and chief of ordnance during the American Civil War.
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War Cemetery, Guadalcanal
A cemetery for those killed, both Allied and Japanese personnel, in the Guadalcanal Campaign (1942-3) of the Pacific War in WWII (1939-45). Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Photographed by Lt. Robert Porter, 1945.
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Sinking of USS Wasp, Guadalcanal
A photograph taken on 15 September 1942 showing the sinking by Japanese forces of the US aircraft carrier Wasp during the Guadalcanal Campaign of the Pacific War in WWII (1939-45).
Naval History & Heritage Command
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B-24 Liberator, Guadalcanal
A US Consolidated B-24 Liberator flying over Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign of the Pacific War in WWII (1939-45).
Imperial War Museums, London.
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Kinugawa Maru, Guadalcanal
The wreck of the Japanese transport ship Kinugawa Maru, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. The ship was beached and then destroyed by US forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign (1942-3) of the Pacific War in the Second World...
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Ragnarök: The Complete Timeline - The End and Rebirth of the Norse World
Ragnarök, often translated as the “doom” or “fate of the gods”, is the climactic destruction and renewal of the cosmos in Norse mythology. Its best-known continuous account appears in...
