The Spitfire was designed by Reginald Mitchell at the Supermarine factory in Southampton in the mid-1930s. A prototype flew from Eastleigh Aerodrome,…
Nigel West, a renowned expert who writes extensively about British intelligence, reveals in this book the operations of Britain’s overseas intelligence gathering…
On 28 June 1914, the 12th annual Tour de France began in Paris with the blast of a starter’s pistol. The same…
We’re giving away three copies of Mastermind of Dunkirk and D-Day, courtesy of Casemate Publishing. Mastermind of Dunkirk and D-Day is the…
The ballots have been cast, the votes have been counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of the MHM Book…
Fiennes had picked his moment well. Ever since the dramatic Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980, the press, and to some degree the…
Although its ‘high-tech’ features, such as an auto-loader for the main armament and its ultra-compact multi-fuel engine, were superficially impressive, they proved…
But there is a clear difference between soldiers who fight for their own national army – or, it may be, their own…
A new study has revealed that World War I helmets provided as much protection from shockwaves as their modern counterparts.…
Thought to belong to an Iron Age warrior buried over 2,000 years ago, the site includes weapons such as a sword in…