Tattooing in Western culture owes its popularity to the sailors of the 1700s, who were inspired by the tattooed indigenous people they…
Eric Bryan recalls a long-serving stalwart of British military reconnaissance. In 1949, the British Army approached Daimler to upgrade its World War…
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Military History Monthly’s roving museum explorer Keith Robinson visits a storehouse of naval ‘big bangs’. A lesser known museum on the Gosport side of…
How did the Royal Navy deal with pirates in their 17th century heyday?…
According to military historian Saul David: ‘Given that the recent tempo of military operations for British and US forces is higher than it…
British trade routes were plagued by pirates during the 19th century, but where were the most dangerous and densely-populated pirate havens?…
In our monthly study of the conflicts that lie behind treasured campaign medals, this month, we examine the conflicts behind the British South Africa Company…
Using Ed Dovey’s beautiful illustrations as a visual guide, Robin Smith reports on an early British special-forces unit that operated in the…