Imperial War Museum curator Paul Cornish discusses the machine gun, the iconic weapon of the First World War trenches.
WW1, WW2, History of Aviation, Army & Naval Warfare
Competitions
MHM 33 – Caption Competition
Think of something appropriately witty for this picture and leave your caption … [Read More...]
MHM Quiz: Win one of 3 copies of ‘The Battle for Syria, 1918-1920′
This month we have three copies of The Battle for Syria, 1918-1920 to be … [Read More...]
Warriors
British Grenadiers – Soldier Profile
Grenadier companies were first formed in the British Army in 1678, and were not … [Read More...]
Celtic warrior – Soldier Profile
First century AD British Celtic warrior At a glance Appearance Hair sometimes … [Read More...]
Battle Maps
Map of the Battle of Maiwand – 27 July 1880
Map of the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880: the decisive action of the Second Afghan … [Read More...]
Map of the Wellington's Lines of Torres Vedras – from September 1809
The lines of the Torres Vedras were lines of forts secretly built by the British from … [Read More...]
Museums
Fleet Air Arm Museum
100 years of Naval Aviation: The Fleet Air Arm Museum: Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) … [Read More...]
The Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum
This month Keith Robinson has found a sprawling ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ of an … [Read More...]
MHM Factfile
WWII Facts – Interesting facts about the Second World War
Complimenting our fact-files on Spitfire, Churchill, Hitler and Stalin, Military … [Read More...]
Hitler Facts: 10 little-known facts
Obscure facts about Adolf Hitler. Many strange, contradictory and often largely … [Read More...]
Weapons
The Japanese longbow
From ancient times, the value of a samurai was assessed in terms of his prowess at … [Read More...]
The Tumbleweed Tank – Back to the drawing board
We and all nations have a sense that we have come to the turning-point of an age,’ … [Read More...]
Latest Issue
Military History Monthly issue 33 – June 2013
The June issue of Military History Monthly, the British military history magazine, is on sale today. … More...
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