Blockbuster movies have been made about the legendary D-Day landings, but little attention is paid to what happened afterwards. Although the Allies…
Grant’s conduct of the Overland Campaign has sometimes been criticised as bludgeoning – lacking in tactical finesse, restricted to frontal attacks, callous…
The Cuban Revolution of January 1959, the Bay of Pigs Invasion of April 1961, and the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962…
The crisis engendered by the Treaty of Versailles broke the European liberal centre and led to polarisation to both left and right.…
While admitting that Haig was no genius, revisionist historians have argued that by 1918, he was able to co-ordinate successfully all elements…
A century ago, between 8 August and 11 November 1918, after four years of trench stalemate, the Allied armies on the Western…
The Battle of Hastings in 1066 was not only a seminal event in British history, it is also widely regarded as a…
How did Michiel de Ruyter transform war at sea? Gone were the chaotic close-quarter mêlées, galleys, and archers. In came tight…
No general in American history held the kind of absolute power General Pershing wielded. With complete backing from President Woodrow Wilson and…
The late Richard Holmes considered Marlborough to be Britain’s greatest general. He was probably right. But, like many great commanders, Marlborough was paired with a man of…