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    On 4 July 2026, tens of millions of Americans across the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country’s Declaration…

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The road to independence

On 4 July 2026, tens of millions of Americans across the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country’s Declaration…

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From World War to Cold War

It was a moment whose significance was immediately apparent...…

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The road to Armageddon

The Central Powers were not natural allies.…

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The ballots have been cast, the votes have been counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of the MHM Book Awards. We…

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The last warrior monarch

William's invasion of England passed off so peacefully it became known as the ‘Glorious Revolution’.…

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The making of Russia

The key battle that established the country as a major power.…

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War on Film: Michael Caine in Zulu

In the early 1960s, Michael Caine was regularly playing small character parts in television dramas and British movies. With his cockney accent…

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Who? The one next to Lenin? Well, he was. Until Joseph Stalin had him erased from the photograph (below). But, despite Stalin’s…

Battle Maps

  • Battle Map: Operation Cobra

    Operation Cobra was a resounding success for the Allied forces on their path to liberating France in the summer of 1944, and…

  • The Retreat from Kabul – Map

    The first part of our Afghanistan series begins in Issue 1, with an in-depth chronicling of the British army’s disastrous retreat from…

  • Battle of Britain Day Map: the Noon Attack

    Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the formation of the incoming Luftwaffe squadrons for the first attack on the…

  • Map of the Battle of Isandlwana, 22 January 1879 : Zulu Wars

    Isandlwana was perhaps the greatest defeat inflicted on the British redcoats by native warriors in imperial history. To read the full article, see…

  • The Battle of Quebec, 13 September 1759

    James Wolfes’ victory at Quebec gave the British dominion over North American. It was the victory of an army forced to adapt…

  • Operation Barbarossa Map, 1941

    Map of Operation Barbarossa showing the direction of German attacks and the major pockets of Russian troops surrounded by blitzkrieg breakthroughs between…

  • The Battle of Wakefield: 1460

    It was the culmination of ten years of increasingly violent unrest between supporters of King Henry VI and his cousin Richard, Duke…

  • The Battle of Blenheim, 13 August 1704

    The British Army emerged from the crisis of revolution and civil war that had given it birth with a distinctive military doctrine…

  • Jutland — fleet movements

    In our Jutland — the combat experience feature this month, Peter Hart reconstructs the action of the battle using personal accounts of men…

  • Waterloo – map of troop manoeuvres

    This map explains the movements of the French, British, and Prussian forces from the 15 to the 18 June, 1815. Napoleon seized…

Behind the Image

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: The Unknown Warrior, 1920

On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Churchill visits the docks

In the Second World War, the dockyards and riverside factories of London’s East End were essential to the country’s struggle against the…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Kristallnacht, by Charlotte Salomon, from Life? Or Theatre? 1940-1942

With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…

Behind The Image/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: D-Day in colour

This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Inside the Fortress

It looks like the interior of a spaceship. But the shimmering framework is that of a B-17F, under construction at the Douglas…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: captured Luftwaffe crewmen, London Underground, 1940

In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…

16th Queen's Lancers during advance to the Marne Sept. 1914.
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BEHIND THE IMAGE – Race to the Sea

The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Wartime Christmas

As they enjoy their sparse meal at Beaumont-Hamel on 25 December 1916, the men seem indifferent to a fellow soldier’s grave just…

Behind The Image/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: Number of people mobilised in World War II

The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Nagasaki, Japan, 9 August 1945

This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on the…

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