Imperial War Museum curator Paul Cornish discusses the machine gun, the iconic weapon of the First World War trenches.…
Your handy guide to stopping a Nazi glider as Britain prepared for invasion.…
On the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, David Williams writes that it was the Southerners themselves who brought down the Confederacy:…
On the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, Ken Burns writes that it was American Civil War that made America what it…
1. Spitfires were used as reconnaissance aircraft, as here, where a camera is being loaded before a mission. 2. Later marks of Spitfire…
A masterpiece of aerodynamic engineering, the Spitfire was among the finest fighter aircraft of the Second World War. Military archaeologist Keith Robinson…
It was 150 years ago on 12 April 1861, that the guns opened fire at Fort Sumter, marking the start of America’s…
Isandlwana was perhaps the greatest defeat inflicted on the British redcoats by native warriors in imperial history. To read the full article, see…
Redcoats The battle of Isandlwana represented a clash of two radically different military systems – a modern, Western, technologically-advanced professional army pitched…
The Battle of Waterloo raged all day, but in most sectors, there were lulls in the fighting. Only at Hougoumont was the…