The key battle that established the country as a major power.…
The making of Russia
The key battle that established the country as a major power.…
The key battle that established the country as a major power.…
The key battle that established the country as a major power.…
The Civil War, 160 years on…
Military History Matters has curated a list of 2024’s best military history titles: the nominees for this year’s MHM book awards. Our selection includes some…
Military History Matters has curated a list of 2024’s best military history titles: the nominees for this year’s MHM Book Awards. Our selection includes some…
A legacy of controversy…
On the 80th anniversary of the end of the War in the Pacific, Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours is offering two new WWII…
In our special feature for this issue, we mark the rise to prominence of Europe’s most remarkable conqueror.…
In the early 1960s, Michael Caine was regularly playing small character parts in television dramas and British movies. With his cockney accent…
The reasons Britain and the United States went to war in 1812 are diverse. Indeed, different factions within each country had different…
Most people are familiar with the tumultuous events of England in 1066, but how much do you know about ‘the other Norman…
Tickets to English Heritage's re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings this weekend are sold out, but here are 10 alternative ways to…
Who? The one next to Lenin? Well, he was. Until Joseph Stalin had him erased from the photograph (below). But, despite Stalin’s…
In the years 58-51 BC, Gaul was conquered and added to the Roman Empire through the military campaigns of Julius Caesar and his legions. For the first…
The struggle for supremacy between Britain and France dominated the History of the British Army from 1688 to 1815. the struggle began…
The Battle of Wakefield was a maor battle in the War of the Roses. It took place at Sandal Magna near Wakefield,…
The Russian Imperial Army has been portrayed as unfit to wage a modern war. It is best known for a catalogue of…
Map of the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880: the decisive action of the Second Afghan War. General Burrows’ little army of…
The first aircraft to be deployed in the war swooped to strafe the Afghans fleeing across the frontier after their defeat. A…
Monte la Difensa Today, when you look at the routes up Difensa’s crags, it is just possible to imagine small groups of highly…
A map of Taranto Harbour on 11 November 1940, showing the position of the Italian ships, the habour defences, and the direction…
When the war began in 1566, Imperial Spain was the world’s greatest superpower. By the time it ended, in 1609, ‘the Spanish century’ was…
1916-1917: an infantry revolution 1916 was a year of great offensives – at Verdun and on the Somme – offensives made possible…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle…
Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…
It looks like the interior of a spaceship. But the shimmering framework is that of a B-17F, under construction at the Douglas…
This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on the…
This image shows three tanks taking part in the Lord Mayor’s parade in Ludgate Circus, London in November 1918. The parade celebrated…
Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…
On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
In May 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte died on the remote island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, where he had been exiled…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle…
Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…
It looks like the interior of a spaceship. But the shimmering framework is that of a B-17F, under construction at the Douglas…
This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on the…
This image shows three tanks taking part in the Lord Mayor’s parade in Ludgate Circus, London in November 1918. The parade celebrated…
Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…
On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
In May 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte died on the remote island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, where he had been exiled…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle…
Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…