Simon de Montfort was a colossus in English affairs during the 13th century, as this biography skilfully explains. What is revealed is…
Carrawburgh is one of 16 forts along the 118km Hadrian’s Wall. The frontier, built around AD 122, was responsible for defending the…
We asked you to think of something appropriately witty for this image taken from our article on Defeating Hannibal, from the March…
Now, new scientific analysis has confirmed that a large gold bar found in Mexico City was part of the plunder Spanish conquistadors…
This issue, we’re giving away four copies ofKursk, 1943, courtesy of Casemate Illustrated. In the summer of 1943, the German army sought…
David Stahel’s latest book, Retreat from Moscow: a new history of Germany’s winter campaign, 1941-1942, is here to add vital nuance to…
Doris Miller earned the Navy Cross for his actions during the Japanese attack on the US base at Pearl Harbor on 7…
This book is written rather in the style of an excellent set of lecture notes produced by a diligent tutor. Frank Ledwidge,…
In the 1950s, the Cold War was at its height. To many, it seemed to be a question of when, rather than…
Like a sort of Second World War smorgasbord, you can take a look and pull tasty morsels out of Hidden Places of…