‘I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.’ So spoke J Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear physicist who developed the atom bomb. Marking…
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.…
‘I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.’ So spoke J Robert Oppenheimer, the nuclear physicist who developed the atom bomb. Marking…
To mark Anzac Day 2015, MHM reposts Peter Hart's action-packed article taking us into the inferno of the Gallipoli landings.…
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 sinking of the Lusitania has gone down in history as the most notorious U-boat attack of the First World War. Here, MHM takes a…
An MHM selection of some of the best events coming up over the next few months, from exhibitions and anniversaries, right through…
As we approach the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, MHM takes a look at some of the books and tours…
MHM looks at the innovative designs in military sidecars since 1914, including the Scott Mobile Machine Gun, and the Watsonian Sidecar…
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…
The first aircraft to be deployed in the war swooped to strafe the Afghans fleeing across the frontier after their defeat. A…
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…
To help you visualize the action in Major General Julian Thompson’s lead feature for MHM on the Royal Navy’s triumph during the Falklands,…
Map of the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880: the decisive action of the Second Afghan War. General Burrows’ little army of…
Operation Cobra was a resounding success for the Allied forces on their path to liberating France in the summer of 1944, and…
James Wolfes’ victory at Quebec gave the British dominion over North American. It was the victory of an army forced to adapt…
Photojournalist Don McCullin’s images of war brought the grim reality onto Sunday breakfast tables for two decades . Especially famous are the…
Martin Marix Evans explores the muddy terrain of the Third Battle of Ypres, the effects it had on the action, and what…
The struggle for supremacy between Britain and France dominated the History of the British Army from 1688 to 1815. the struggle began…
The original caption reads, ‘Some shell cases on the roadside in the front area, the contents of which have been despatched over…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
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, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…
Abandoned British position captured by the Germans This cold and desolate image shows an abandoned British trench following a German attack, with…
In May 1944, an official document was prepared by Jürgen Stroop detailing the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. The 75-page report was…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…
The original caption reads, ‘Some shell cases on the roadside in the front area, the contents of which have been despatched over…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
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, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…
Abandoned British position captured by the Germans This cold and desolate image shows an abandoned British trench following a German attack, with…
In May 1944, an official document was prepared by Jürgen Stroop detailing the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. The 75-page report was…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…
The original caption reads, ‘Some shell cases on the roadside in the front area, the contents of which have been despatched over…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on the…