Military historian Richard Holmes looks at some of history's major battles. This programme follows the British retreat from Mons in 1914. Show more

A journey through six centuries of warfare. Military historian Professor Richard Holmes analyses the Battle of Agincourt. Show more

Military historian Richard Holmes looks at some of history's major battles. In this edition he walks through fields where the Battle of the Somme took place. Show more

Military historian Professor Richard Holmes looks at major battles in history. He visits the farms and fields where history hung in the balance at the Battle of Waterloo. Show more

A journey through six centuries of warfare. Military historian Richard Holmes reviews the strategic importance of the Battle for Arras in 1940. Show more

Military historian Richard Holmes follows in the tracks of the tanks of the British armoured break-out from the Normandy bridgehead in 1944.