Iain King takes a hard look at how the First World War turned Hitler into a Fascist. The ‘Great War’ had a…
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.…
Iain King takes a hard look at how the First World War turned Hitler into a Fascist. The ‘Great War’ had a…
It is 1799. After a decade of political turmoil, more than 40,000 executions and a brief but bloody Reign of Terror, France…
The War that Ended Peace: how Europe abandoned peace for the First World War Margaret MacMillan Profile Books, £25 ISBN 978-1846682728 Margaret…
Richard Bevan takes a look at a selection of war films, some of which are unlikely to win any awards for historical…
Cambridge philosopher Iain King begins a new series looking at how great thinkers were shaped by war. He begins with Socrates, 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…
Find my past Discover the new Royal Tank Corps Enlistment Records, 1919-1946, on find my past. This amazing collection is the largest set of…
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 War of the Austrian Succession found the British Army run down and neglected, its proud military traditions grown sclerotic. Yet in…
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…
Photojournalist Don McCullin’s images of war brought the grim reality onto Sunday breakfast tables for two decades . Especially famous are the…
The Battle of Marathon saw wo entirely antithetical military and political traditions: cavalry, archery, and light-armed troops versus heavy infantry; coerced subjects…
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…
Map of the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880: the decisive action of the Second Afghan War. General Burrows’ little army of…
Map of Operation Barbarossa showing the direction of German attacks and the major pockets of Russian troops surrounded by blitzkrieg breakthroughs between…
Operation Cobra was a resounding success for the Allied forces on their path to liberating France in the summer of 1944, and…
The lines of the Torres Vedras were lines of forts secretly built by the British from around September 1809-1812 to protect Lisbon…
Between 1642 and 1645, London was the heart of a national revolution against absolutism. During the ‘December Days’ in late 1641, the political crisis…
In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…
It may look like a scene from a movie shoot – Germany’s answer to The Dam Busters, perhaps – but this strikingly modern photograph from…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…
Victory in Europe (VE) Day marked the official conclusion of the six-year world war against Hitler and his allies. Civilians and soldiers…
Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…
In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…
It may look like a scene from a movie shoot – Germany’s answer to The Dam Busters, perhaps – but this strikingly modern photograph from…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics…
Victory in Europe (VE) Day marked the official conclusion of the six-year world war against Hitler and his allies. Civilians and soldiers…
Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…
In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…
It may look like a scene from a movie shoot – Germany’s answer to The Dam Busters, perhaps – but this strikingly modern photograph from…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…