Barnes Wallis was one such man. A brilliant aircraft designer with a flair for what we in the 21st-century would glibly call…
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.…
Barnes Wallis was one such man. A brilliant aircraft designer with a flair for what we in the 21st-century would glibly call…
MHM looks at some of the most formidable and fascinating Vikings. 5. Erik the Red Hot-headed Erik the Red made murder his business.…
Building the Sherman Tank In 1940, in the light of the successful use of panzers in the European war, the US Army decided to start…
The Gallipoli and Dardanelles campaign of 1915-1916 was a British-led campaign for which the UK provided men from virtually every county in the land, including Ireland. Britain…
MHM‘s Centenary Season continues with a selection of specialist military history events. From an in-depth look at the music of the First…
With hundreds of military museums in the UK alone, how do you know which one will best suit your interests? Here, MHM has…
MHM introduces the most fearsome warriors of the Roman arena. 5. Marcus Attilius Free-Born fighter Type of fighter: murmillo Attilius was a free-born Roman,…
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…
British trade routes were plagued by pirates during the 19th century, but where were the most dangerous and densely-populated pirate havens?…
Map of Operation Barbarossa showing the direction of German attacks and the major pockets of Russian troops surrounded by blitzkrieg breakthroughs between…
The struggle for supremacy between Britain and France dominated the History of the British Army from 1688 to 1815. the struggle began…
Operation Cobra was a resounding success for the Allied forces on their path to liberating France in the summer of 1944, and…
Photojournalist Don McCullin’s images of war brought the grim reality onto Sunday breakfast tables for two decades . Especially famous are the…
In 1302, the townspeople of Flanders rebelled against the French, laying siege to the castle at Courtrai. The French sent an army…
The lines of the Torres Vedras were lines of forts secretly built by the British from around September 1809-1812 to protect Lisbon…
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 our Jutland — the combat experience feature this month, Peter Hart reconstructs the action of the battle using personal accounts of men…
The possible routes taken by Olaf Guthfrithsson, King of Dublin, in this little known Viking battle for Britain…
Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…
Here lies the toppled Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi . Photographed towards the very end of the Second World War, it is a…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
This photograph shows infantry from the British Royal Naval Division climbing out of the trenches as if for a charge at the…
This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on 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…
This image exudes orderliness and power. Strong horizontals, emphasised by the landscape format, suggest stability and a sense of balance. Much like…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…
Here lies the toppled Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi . Photographed towards the very end of the Second World War, it is a…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
This photograph shows infantry from the British Royal Naval Division climbing out of the trenches as if for a charge at the…
This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on 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…
This image exudes orderliness and power. Strong horizontals, emphasised by the landscape format, suggest stability and a sense of balance. Much like…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…
Here lies the toppled Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi . Photographed towards the very end of the Second World War, it is a…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…