We’re giving away five DVD copies of Midway, courtesy of Lionsgate. From director Roland Emmerich comes the visually spectacular WWII epic Midway,…
The Battle of Waterloo is intrinsically linked to the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon, the towering military figures of the early 19th…
The Chicago-born ‘slider’ became the youngest Olympic gold medallist ever as a 16-year-old at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St Moritz. Four…
Max Hastings, noted historian and journalist, is a titanic force in British history, with 27 books to his name – many of…
Due to exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act, the documents were closed to public access until January this year, just as…
More than 2,000 years after his death, the name of Hannibal continues to resonate with modern audiences. Yet today, few recall the…
The March issue of Military History Matters, the British military history magazine, is now on sale. To subscribe to the magazine, click here. To subscribe…
Simon de Montfort was a colossus in English affairs during the 13th century, as this biography skilfully explains. What is revealed is…
Carrawburgh is one of 16 forts along the 118km Hadrian’s Wall. The frontier, built around AD 122, was responsible for defending the…
We asked you to think of something appropriately witty for this image taken from our article on Defeating Hannibal, from the March…