It is 1799. After a decade of political turmoil, more than 40,000 executions and a brief but bloody Reign of Terror, France…
Once upon a time in America…
The Civil War, 160 years on…
The Civil War, 160 years on…
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…
After being posted to the Adazi Training Area in Latvia to cover a training event, Tom Bourke discovered a treasure trove 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…
James Wolfes’ victory at Quebec gave the British dominion over North American. It was the victory of an army forced to adapt…
British trade routes were plagued by pirates during the 19th century, but where were the most dangerous and densely-populated pirate havens?…
1916-1917: an infantry revolution 1916 was a year of great offensives – at Verdun and on the Somme – offensives made possible…
Photojournalist Don McCullin’s images of war brought the grim reality onto Sunday breakfast tables for two decades . Especially famous are the…
Monte la Difensa Today, when you look at the routes up Difensa’s crags, it is just possible to imagine small groups of highly…
The lines of the Torres Vedras were lines of forts secretly built by the British from around September 1809-1812 to protect Lisbon…
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 Battle of Wakefield was a maor battle in the War of the Roses. It took place at Sandal Magna near Wakefield,…
Map of Operation Barbarossa showing the direction of German attacks and the major pockets of Russian troops surrounded by blitzkrieg breakthroughs between…
The Battle of Waterloo raged all day, but in most sectors, there were lulls in the fighting. Only at Hougoumont was the…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…
The region of Meaux came dangerously close to being occupied by the advancing German army in September 1914. The German onslaught had…
Here lies the toppled Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi . Photographed towards the very end of the Second World War, it is a…
Belgian Carabiniers with dog-drawn heavy machine-gun, 1914 Marching toward the camera, and shot from a low angle, these Belgian Carabiniers are given…
Victory in Europe (VE) Day marked the official conclusion of the six-year world war against Hitler and his allies. Civilians and soldiers…
This image shows three tanks taking part in the Lord Mayor’s parade in Ludgate Circus, London in November 1918. The parade celebrated…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…
The region of Meaux came dangerously close to being occupied by the advancing German army in September 1914. The German onslaught had…
Here lies the toppled Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi . Photographed towards the very end of the Second World War, it is a…
Belgian Carabiniers with dog-drawn heavy machine-gun, 1914 Marching toward the camera, and shot from a low angle, these Belgian Carabiniers are given…
Victory in Europe (VE) Day marked the official conclusion of the six-year world war against Hitler and his allies. Civilians and soldiers…
This image shows three tanks taking part in the Lord Mayor’s parade in Ludgate Circus, London in November 1918. The parade celebrated…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…