There can be little doubt that the export of opium from India to China by, among others, the Honourable East India Company…
Hermann Balch has been described as the ‘greatest German general no one ever heard of’. Stephen Robinson, a graduate of the Australian…
The very word 'Viking' conjures up images of fearsome longships, merciless invasions, and slaughtered victims. But were the Vikings unique in their…
It perished in the freezing wastes of Arctic Russia on 20 June 1942. Now, thanks to a 20-year volunteer project, it has…
Can you think of something appropriately witty for this image taken from our War Reporters article about William Beach Thomas, featured in…
Neil Faulkner reviews this compelling biography of Klaus Fuchs, a brilliant academic physicist and refugee from Nazi Germany, who has been described…
This issue, we’re giving away three copies of Roman Soldier, courtesy of Haynes Publishing. The history of the Roman Empire and its…
It was the last battle of the British Civil Wars – a final clash between 28,000 men of Cromwell’s New Model Army…
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Ardennes, which took place in the Wallonia region of Belgium. To…
The November issue of Military History Matters, the British military history magazine, is now on sale. To subscribe to the magazine, click here. To subscribe…