Grant’s conduct of the Overland Campaign has sometimes been criticised as bludgeoning – lacking in tactical finesse, restricted to frontal attacks, callous about casualties. But is this assessment fair? Neil Faulkner weighs up the debate.
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War Reporters: Xenophon
Introducing Seema Syeda’s new series on battlefield scoops throughout the ages. The practice of recording the events of war is as old as war itself. The likes of Herodotus and Thucydides are well known as great ancient historians of conflict. Often placed alongside them is Greek military commander and philosopher Xenophon. However, instead of being […]
Legendary Ancient Fortress Discovered in Egypt
The location of a fortress dating back to the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt has been found at Berenike on the Red Sea coast. The Ptolemaic dynasty was a Macedonian-Greek family that ruled in Egypt during the Hellenic period, from 305 to 30 BC. Berenike was part of a chain of ports along the Red Sea […]
The Military History Behind the Vagrancy Act
The 1824 Vagrancy Act – which criminalises rough sleeping – has become the subject of public debate after Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK’s Labour Party, committed to repeal it in the event of a Labour government. A parliamentary debate on the Act, organised by Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran, is due to take place in March. With the recent rise in homelessness across the […]
MHM Competition – Win a pair of tickets to The D-Day Darlings at Union Chapel London
MHM are giving away a pair of tickets to see The D-Day Darlings at Union Chapel in London on 1 March 2019. The D-Day Darlings are a nine-piece group who are supported by Dame Vera Lynn. The singing group consist of founder and lead singer Kate Ashby and other members Charlotte McKay, Emily Louise Brown, […]
Royal Deaths: John the Blind
Patrick Boniface on the deaths in battle of regal warriors. According to a popular Czech tradition, before he committed himself to combat in a battle already lost, King John the Blind said, ‘God forbid that a Bohemian king should ever flee from a fight.’ Jang de Blannen (John the Blind) was born on 10 August […]
The Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution of January 1959, the Bay of Pigs Invasion of April 1961, and the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 were events of worldwide significance. All three of these events were, in very different ways, remarkable military collisions. Marking the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, we take a detailed look at this epic struggle against the odds.
MHM February 2019
The February issue of Military History Matters, the British military history magazine, is now on sale. To subscribe to the magazine, click here. To subscribe to the digital archive, click here. In this issue: Geronimo: the Apache guerrilla In our cover feature, David Norris charts the extraordinary resistance of a Native American war-leader who was eventually outnumbered 400 to one. […]
MHM February Caption Competition
Think of something appropriately witty for this image from our feature on Alfred Munnings, published in the February issue of Military History Matters. Leave your caption as a comment below. The best caption will be judged by the editorial team and published online! Winners will be announced in early April.
MHM February Quiz – win a copy of Napoleon’s Military Machine Operations Manual
This issue, we’re giving away three copies of Napoleon’s Military Machine Operations Manual. 250 years since the birth of Napoleon Bonaparte, a new manual from Haynes celebrates his Grande Armée, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest fighting forces ever deployed. Napoleon’s Military Machine Operations Manual looks at the success of Napoleon’s army and […]
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