David Flitham discovers an off-shore treasure-trove of British military heritage. Situated some 48km west-south-west of Land’s End, the Isles of Scilly are…
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.…
David Flitham discovers an off-shore treasure-trove of British military heritage. Situated some 48km west-south-west of Land’s End, the Isles of Scilly are…
There are a select number of battlefield tours that every military history enthusiast should experience. Here we list seven of the finest, most reasonably priced,…
Continuing his exploration of French military museums, this month Keith Robinson heads north to Reims. Set high above the road from Reims to…
Forbidden Ground Entertainment One 19 August 2013 £8 Co-directors Johan Earl and Adrian Powers’s nerve-racking new WWI indie drama Forbidden Ground has…
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, to…
Driving into Bury St Edmunds along the Newmarket Road, one encounters a rather forbidding red-brick Victorian building. This is The Keep of…
Stephen Miles explores British fortifications erected in preparation for a war that never happened. On 5 September 1800, French forces surrendered Malta…
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…
Monte la Difensa Today, when you look at the routes up Difensa’s crags, it is just possible to imagine small groups of highly…
Operation Cobra was a resounding success for the Allied forces on their path to liberating France in the summer of 1944, and…
The Russian Imperial Army has been portrayed as unfit to wage a modern war. It is best known for a catalogue of…
Between 1642 and 1645, London was the heart of a national revolution against absolutism. During the ‘December Days’ in late 1641, the political crisis…
Map of the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880: the decisive action of the Second Afghan War. General Burrows’ little army of…
The first part of our Afghanistan series begins in Issue 1, with an in-depth chronicling of the British army’s disastrous retreat from…
Martin Marix Evans explores the muddy terrain of the Third Battle of Ypres, the effects it had on the action, and what…
Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the formation of the incoming Luftwaffe squadrons for the first attack on the…
Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map provides an overview of the locations of the major British and German squadrons, bombed…
The struggle for supremacy between Britain and France dominated the History of the British Army from 1688 to 1815. the struggle began…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
Belgian Carabiniers with dog-drawn heavy machine-gun, 1914 Marching toward the camera, and shot from a low angle, these Belgian Carabiniers are given…
It looks like the interior of a spaceship. But the shimmering framework is that of a B-17F, under construction at the Douglas…
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…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
This bustling black-and-white photograph offers an atmospheric view of a natural harbour crowded with ships, campaign tents, livestock and supplies. Titled Cossack…
This image exudes orderliness and power. Strong horizontals, emphasised by the landscape format, suggest stability and a sense of balance. Much like…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…
In May 1944, an official document was prepared by Jürgen Stroop detailing the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. The 75-page report was…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
Belgian Carabiniers with dog-drawn heavy machine-gun, 1914 Marching toward the camera, and shot from a low angle, these Belgian Carabiniers are given…
It looks like the interior of a spaceship. But the shimmering framework is that of a B-17F, under construction at the Douglas…
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…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
This bustling black-and-white photograph offers an atmospheric view of a natural harbour crowded with ships, campaign tents, livestock and supplies. Titled Cossack…
This image exudes orderliness and power. Strong horizontals, emphasised by the landscape format, suggest stability and a sense of balance. Much like…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…
In May 1944, an official document was prepared by Jürgen Stroop detailing the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising. The 75-page report was…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
Belgian Carabiniers with dog-drawn heavy machine-gun, 1914 Marching toward the camera, and shot from a low angle, these Belgian Carabiniers are given…
It looks like the interior of a spaceship. But the shimmering framework is that of a B-17F, under construction at the Douglas…