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Click here to read about the British Army at Inkerman. The saying ‘the bayonet is a wise man, the bullet a fool’…
Click here to read about the Russian Army at Inkerman. Diarists suggest that most of the casualties at Inkerman were caused by…
With a new war raging in Libya, Second World War veteran Patrick Delaforce teases out the lessons of the 1940-1943 campaign in…
The Spanish Army was transformed in the first part of the 16th century into the most formidable military force of its age.…
Map of Operation Barbarossa showing the direction of German attacks and the major pockets of Russian troops surrounded by blitzkrieg breakthroughs between…
The squad based soldier simulator gets a gorgeous makeover. We interview the programmers about how they made it.…
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…
Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map provides an overview of the locations of the major British and German squadrons, bombed…
To help you visualize the action in Major General Julian Thompson’s lead feature for MHM on the Royal Navy’s triumph during the Falklands,…
Between 1642 and 1645, London was the heart of a national revolution against absolutism. During the ‘December Days’ in late 1641, the political crisis…
It was the culmination of ten years of increasingly violent unrest between supporters of King Henry VI and his cousin Richard, Duke…
A map of Taranto Harbour on 11 November 1940, showing the position of the Italian ships, the habour defences, and the direction…
The Russian Imperial Army has been portrayed as unfit to wage a modern war. It is best known for a catalogue of…
The lines of the Torres Vedras were lines of forts secretly built by the British from around September 1809-1812 to protect Lisbon…
The War of the Austrian Succession found the British Army run down and neglected, its proud military traditions grown sclerotic. Yet in…
Two years of amateur warfare had changed nothing.The English Civil War remained in the balance. Then, in February 1645, Parliament created the New…
This map explains the movements of the French, British, and Prussian forces from the 15 to the 18 June, 1815. Napoleon seized…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
This image exudes orderliness and power. Strong horizontals, emphasised by the landscape format, suggest stability and a sense of balance. Much like…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
It looks like the interior of a spaceship. But the shimmering framework is that of a B-17F, under construction at the Douglas…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…
De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
U-boat 118 had been launched in February 1918, and in the last couple of months of the war dispatched two British ships…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
This image exudes orderliness and power. Strong horizontals, emphasised by the landscape format, suggest stability and a sense of balance. Much like…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
It looks like the interior of a spaceship. But the shimmering framework is that of a B-17F, under construction at the Douglas…
The boneyard here at Davis-Monthan was established in 1946 to store WWII bombers and transports.…
On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…
De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle…
This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…
U-boat 118 had been launched in February 1918, and in the last couple of months of the war dispatched two British ships…
Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
This image exudes orderliness and power. Strong horizontals, emphasised by the landscape format, suggest stability and a sense of balance. Much like…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…