The region of Meaux came dangerously close to being occupied by the advancing German army in September 1914. The German onslaught had…
To mark Britain’s momentous declaration of war in 1914, MHM has created this graphic study of the country’s military as it prepared…
In conjunction with a new exhibition opening at Osborne Samuel gallery, MHM looks at some of CRW Nevinson’s most celebrated war-time works…
French Women Munition Workers A narrow corridor leads into the distance between serried ranks of shells. The slightly elevated viewpoint exaggerates…
On 13 December 1939, while Britain was living through a ‘Phoney War’ at home, in the waters off the River Plate a…
Most readers of The Times had never heard of Sarajevo in June 1914. The assassination of a visiting Austrian royal by a…
How were tens of thousands of infantry landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944? How was the supply of ammo,…
MHM places D-Day within the context of Operation Overlord, picking out some of the most brutal clashes and key events, from…
Belgian Carabiniers with dog-drawn heavy machine-gun, 1914 Marching toward the camera, and shot from a low angle, these Belgian Carabiniers are given…
Taylor Downing takes a look at how 1960s Hollywood dealt with one of the most important days of the Second World War.…