More than a century on, interest in this extraordinary drama shows few signs of fading.…
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.…
More than a century on, interest in this extraordinary drama shows few signs of fading.…
Heralding its annual return of land and cruise based tours to the South Pacific, Valor Tours, Ltd, the leading US operator of…
What was it like for the soldiers who took part in Overlord?…
The ballots have been cast, the votes have been counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of the MHM Book Awards.…
How the Allies’ deception plans caught the enemy off guard…
Was Imphal and Kohima Britain's greatest victory?…
Military History Matters has curated a list of 2023’s best military history titles: the nominees for this year’s MHM book awards.…
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…
This map explains the movements of the French, British, and Prussian forces from the 15 to the 18 June, 1815. Napoleon seized…
How were tens of thousands of infantry landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944? How was the supply of ammo,…
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 British Army emerged from the crisis of revolution and civil war that had given it birth with a distinctive military doctrine…
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 first part of our Afghanistan series begins in Issue 1, with an in-depth chronicling of the British army’s disastrous retreat from…
In 1302, the townspeople of Flanders rebelled against the French, laying siege to the castle at Courtrai. The French sent an army…
It was the first time since 390 BC that the city of Rome had fallen to a barbarian enemy. It shocked the…
Martin Marix Evans explores the muddy terrain of the Third Battle of Ypres, the effects it had on the action, and what…
In our Jutland — the combat experience feature this month, Peter Hart reconstructs the action of the battle using personal accounts of men…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on the…
The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
The region of Meaux came dangerously close to being occupied by the advancing German army in September 1914. The German onslaught had…
Zeppelin IV lands on the parade ground of Luneville, April 1913 In traditional landscape format with the horizon a third of the…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
In the Second World War, the dockyards and riverside factories of London’s East End were essential to the country’s struggle against the…
As they enjoy their sparse meal at Beaumont-Hamel on 25 December 1916, the men seem indifferent to a fellow soldier’s grave just…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on the…
The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
The region of Meaux came dangerously close to being occupied by the advancing German army in September 1914. The German onslaught had…
Zeppelin IV lands on the parade ground of Luneville, April 1913 In traditional landscape format with the horizon a third of the…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
In the Second World War, the dockyards and riverside factories of London’s East End were essential to the country’s struggle against the…
As they enjoy their sparse meal at Beaumont-Hamel on 25 December 1916, the men seem indifferent to a fellow soldier’s grave just…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on the…
The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…