In 1942 Sir Winston Churchill stirringly declared, ‘I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation…
Once upon a time in America…
The Civil War, 160 years on…
The Civil War, 160 years on…
In 1942 Sir Winston Churchill stirringly declared, ‘I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation…
Cambridge philosopher Iain King discovers a First World War artilleryman with a revolutionary treatise in his backpack. Born in 1889 into the…
With hundreds of military museums in the UK alone, how do you know which one will best suit your interests? Here, MHM has picked…
The RAF family is made up of all those who are serving in the RAF, all those who have previously served, and their wives, husbands, partners, and…
Even though nearly 70 years have passed since the end of the Second World War, the statistics on the destruction caused by…
Cambridge philosopher Iain King continues his series on the relationship between war and thought. Was the founder of modern philosophy a spy…
There are a select number of battlefield tours that every military history enthusiast should experience. Here we list six of the finest, most reasonably priced,…
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…
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 Russian Imperial Army has been portrayed as unfit to wage a modern war. It is best known for a catalogue of…
Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the route taken by Boudicca in preparation for her final battle. This map…
Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the formation of the incoming Luftwaffe squadrons for the first attack on the…
In our Jutland — the combat experience feature this month, Peter Hart reconstructs the action of the battle using personal accounts of men…
Two years of amateur warfare had changed nothing.The English Civil War remained in the balance. Then, in February 1645, Parliament created the New…
How were tens of thousands of infantry landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944? How was the supply of ammo,…
Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map provides an overview of the locations of the major British and German squadrons, bombed…
In 1302, the townspeople of Flanders rebelled against the French, laying siege to the castle at Courtrai. The French sent an army…
James Wolfes’ victory at Quebec gave the British dominion over North American. It was the victory of an army forced to adapt…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…
In the Second World War, the dockyards and riverside factories of London’s East End were essential to the country’s struggle against the…
MHM looks at a series of recently discovered images taken by North Vietnamese photojournalists during the Vietnam War.…
Abandoned British position captured by the Germans This cold and desolate image shows an abandoned British trench following a German attack, with…
This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on the…
Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…
The original caption reads, ‘Some shell cases on the roadside in the front area, the contents of which have been despatched over…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
This photograph, taken by American reporter and war correspondent Marguerite Higgins, shows the second assault-wave landing on the northern side of Red…
De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…
In the Second World War, the dockyards and riverside factories of London’s East End were essential to the country’s struggle against the…
MHM looks at a series of recently discovered images taken by North Vietnamese photojournalists during the Vietnam War.…
Abandoned British position captured by the Germans This cold and desolate image shows an abandoned British trench following a German attack, with…
This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on the…
Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…
The original caption reads, ‘Some shell cases on the roadside in the front area, the contents of which have been despatched over…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
This photograph, taken by American reporter and war correspondent Marguerite Higgins, shows the second assault-wave landing on the northern side of Red…
De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…
In the Second World War, the dockyards and riverside factories of London’s East End were essential to the country’s struggle against the…
MHM looks at a series of recently discovered images taken by North Vietnamese photojournalists during the Vietnam War.…