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…
Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map provides an overview of the locations of the major British and German squadrons, bombed…
In our Jutland — the combat experience feature this month, Peter Hart reconstructs the action of the battle using personal accounts of men…
In this map specially prepared for MHM, we chart the last journey of the Bismarck in May 1941. Here the course of…
British trade routes were plagued by pirates during the 19th century, but where were the most dangerous and densely-populated pirate havens?…
In 1302, the townspeople of Flanders rebelled against the French, laying siege to the castle at Courtrai. The French sent an army…
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 culmination of ten years of increasingly violent unrest between supporters of King Henry VI and his cousin Richard, Duke…
Monte la Difensa Today, when you look at the routes up Difensa’s crags, it is just possible to imagine small groups of highly…
The possible routes taken by Olaf Guthfrithsson, King of Dublin, in this little known Viking battle for Britain…
Isandlwana was perhaps the greatest defeat inflicted on the British redcoats by native warriors in imperial history. To read the full article, see…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…
Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
The original caption reads, ‘Some shell cases on the roadside in the front area, the contents of which have been despatched over…
Belgian Carabiniers with dog-drawn heavy machine-gun, 1914 Marching toward the camera, and shot from a low angle, these Belgian Carabiniers are given…
The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…
Abandoned British position captured by the Germans This cold and desolate image shows an abandoned British trench following a German attack, with…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…
Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
The original caption reads, ‘Some shell cases on the roadside in the front area, the contents of which have been despatched over…
Belgian Carabiniers with dog-drawn heavy machine-gun, 1914 Marching toward the camera, and shot from a low angle, these Belgian Carabiniers are given…
The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…
Abandoned British position captured by the Germans This cold and desolate image shows an abandoned British trench following a German attack, with…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…
Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…