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,…
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.…
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,…
How will you be commemorating the anniversary of the First World War? We are continuing our Centenary Season with a selection of events, groups…
MHM looks at the excellent support this charity offers veterans with sight-loss. Do you know anyone who served in the Armed Forces, including for their National Service, and…
Based on the autobiography of WWII prisoner-of-war Eric Lomax, this moving and harrowing new film deals with the horrific torture inflicted on…
Alan Jamieson tells the story of Mike Hall, a glider pilot who survived the 1944 Battle of Arnhem. On 12 September 1944,…
How will you be commemorating the anniversary of the First World War? We are continuing our Centenary Season with a series of exhibitions not…
Each month, Military History Monthly’s ‘On Manoeuvres’ section brings you details of Britain’s finest history-themed activities, from lecture days and air shows,…
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…
1916-1917: an infantry revolution 1916 was a year of great offensives – at Verdun and on the Somme – offensives made possible…
Martin Marix Evans explores the muddy terrain of the Third Battle of Ypres, the effects it had on the action, and what…
Map of the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880: the decisive action of the Second Afghan War. General Burrows’ little army of…
As every Scotsman knows, in 1314, at midsummer, the might of the English army came to grief in the boggy ground below…
The Russian Imperial Army has been portrayed as unfit to wage a modern war. It is best known for a catalogue of…
The British Army emerged from the crisis of revolution and civil war that had given it birth with a distinctive military doctrine…
Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the route taken by Boudicca in preparation for her final battle. This map…
The first aircraft to be deployed in the war swooped to strafe the Afghans fleeing across the frontier after their defeat. A…
Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the positioning of German and British airforces during the afternoon battle of Battle…
Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map provides an overview of the locations of the major British and German squadrons, bombed…
Zeppelin IV lands on the parade ground of Luneville, April 1913 In traditional landscape format with the horizon a third of the…
Abandoned British position captured by the Germans This cold and desolate image shows an abandoned British trench following a German attack, with…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
This photograph shows infantry from the British Royal Naval Division climbing out of the trenches as if for a charge at the…
On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…
The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…
Zeppelin IV lands on the parade ground of Luneville, April 1913 In traditional landscape format with the horizon a third of the…
Abandoned British position captured by the Germans This cold and desolate image shows an abandoned British trench following a German attack, with…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
This photograph shows infantry from the British Royal Naval Division climbing out of the trenches as if for a charge at the…
On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…
The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…
Zeppelin IV lands on the parade ground of Luneville, April 1913 In traditional landscape format with the horizon a third of the…
Abandoned British position captured by the Germans This cold and desolate image shows an abandoned British trench following a German attack, with…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…