Ten simple rules that fighter pilots should know.…
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.…
Ten simple rules that fighter pilots should know.…
The unique skills and command of Adolph 'Sailor' Malan resulted in No.74 Squadron's numerous victories during the Battle of Britain. What…
The afternoon of aerial combat that destroyed the Luftwaffe's morale and became the day that sealed Britain's victory of the Battle of…
A few things you may not know about Britain's most iconic military aircraft…
From the day the order to attack the RAF was given, to the British victories of September and October 1940: follow the…
Liar and self-promoting charlatan? Or military genius and romantic revolutionary? Dr. Neil Falkner explores T E Lawrence's relevance to contemporary warfare.…
The future of Britain for 350 years decided in minutes: the last stand of Britain's warrior queen.…
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…
James Wolfes’ victory at Quebec gave the British dominion over North American. It was the victory of an army forced to adapt…
Between 1642 and 1645, London was the heart of a national revolution against absolutism. During the ‘December Days’ in late 1641, the political crisis…
The Russian Imperial Army has been portrayed as unfit to wage a modern war. It is best known for a catalogue of…
Monte la Difensa Today, when you look at the routes up Difensa’s crags, it is just possible to imagine small groups of highly…
In 1302, the townspeople of Flanders rebelled against the French, laying siege to the castle at Courtrai. The French sent an army…
The possible routes taken by Olaf Guthfrithsson, King of Dublin, in this little known Viking battle for Britain…
The Battle of Waterloo raged all day, but in most sectors, there were lulls in the fighting. Only at Hougoumont was the…
In this map specially prepared for MHM, we chart the last journey of the Bismarck in May 1941. Here the course of…
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…
It was the first time since 390 BC that the city of Rome had fallen to a barbarian enemy. It shocked the…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
The region of Meaux came dangerously close to being occupied by the advancing German army in September 1914. The German onslaught had…
In May 1944, an official document was prepared by Jürgen Stroop detailing the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. The 75-page report was…
Here lies the toppled Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi . Photographed towards the very end of the Second World War, it is a…
This photograph shows infantry from the British Royal Naval Division climbing out of the trenches as if for a charge at the…
Zeppelin IV lands on the parade ground of Luneville, April 1913 In traditional landscape format with the horizon a third of the…
This photograph, taken by American reporter and war correspondent Marguerite Higgins, shows the second assault-wave landing on the northern side of Red…
In the Second World War, the dockyards and riverside factories of London’s East End were essential to the country’s struggle against the…
U-boat 118 had been launched in February 1918, and in the last couple of months of the war dispatched two British ships…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
The region of Meaux came dangerously close to being occupied by the advancing German army in September 1914. The German onslaught had…
In May 1944, an official document was prepared by Jürgen Stroop detailing the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. The 75-page report was…
Here lies the toppled Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi . Photographed towards the very end of the Second World War, it is a…
This photograph shows infantry from the British Royal Naval Division climbing out of the trenches as if for a charge at the…
Zeppelin IV lands on the parade ground of Luneville, April 1913 In traditional landscape format with the horizon a third of the…
This photograph, taken by American reporter and war correspondent Marguerite Higgins, shows the second assault-wave landing on the northern side of Red…
In the Second World War, the dockyards and riverside factories of London’s East End were essential to the country’s struggle against the…
U-boat 118 had been launched in February 1918, and in the last couple of months of the war dispatched two British ships…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
The region of Meaux came dangerously close to being occupied by the advancing German army in September 1914. The German onslaught had…
In May 1944, an official document was prepared by Jürgen Stroop detailing the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. The 75-page report was…