To mark Anzac Day 2015, MHM reposts Peter Hart's action-packed article taking us into the inferno of the Gallipoli landings.…
Once upon a time in America…
The Civil War, 160 years on…
The Civil War, 160 years on…
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…
Barnes Wallis was one such man. A brilliant aircraft designer with a flair for what we in the 21st-century would glibly call…
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…
The struggle for supremacy between Britain and France dominated the History of the British Army from 1688 to 1815. the struggle began…
1916-1917: an infantry revolution 1916 was a year of great offensives – at Verdun and on the Somme – offensives made possible…
The possible routes taken by Olaf Guthfrithsson, King of Dublin, in this little known Viking battle for Britain…
It was the first time since 390 BC that the city of Rome had fallen to a barbarian enemy. It shocked the…
The first part of our Afghanistan series begins in Issue 1, with an in-depth chronicling of the British army’s disastrous retreat from…
The Russian Imperial Army has been portrayed as unfit to wage a modern war. It is best known for a catalogue of…
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…
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…
Here lies the toppled Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi . Photographed towards the very end of the Second World War, it is a…
U-boat 118 had been launched in February 1918, and in the last couple of months of the war dispatched two British ships…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
Victory in Europe (VE) Day marked the official conclusion of the six-year world war against Hitler and his allies. Civilians and soldiers…
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…
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…
The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
Here lies the toppled Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi . Photographed towards the very end of the Second World War, it is a…
U-boat 118 had been launched in February 1918, and in the last couple of months of the war dispatched two British ships…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
Victory in Europe (VE) Day marked the official conclusion of the six-year world war against Hitler and his allies. Civilians and soldiers…
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…
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…
The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
Here lies the toppled Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi . Photographed towards the very end of the Second World War, it is a…
U-boat 118 had been launched in February 1918, and in the last couple of months of the war dispatched two British ships…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…