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MHM 83 – August 2017
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Jul 13, 2017 Seema Syeda Articles, Issues, Slider 0

The August issue of Military History Monthly, 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...

MHM 83 Quiz: Win a copy of Implacable Foes by Waldo Heinrichs

Jul 11, 2017 Nick Hayes Articles, Competitions 0

This month, three lucky readers have the chance to win a copy of Implacable Foes by Waldo Heinrichs and Marc Gallicchio, courtesy of Oxford University Press. On 8 May 1945, VE Day marked the demise...

MHM 83 Caption Competition

Jul 10, 2017 Seema Syeda Articles, Competitions, Slider 8

Think of something appropriately witty for this picture and leave your caption as a comment below. The best caption will be judged by the editorial team and published in the next issue of Military...

MHM BOOK AWARDS: Winners announced!

Jul 07, 2017 Seema Syeda Articles, Slider 0

The ballots have been cast, the votes have been counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s MHM book awards! We curated a list of 2016’s best military history titles:...

Passchendaele, 1917

Jun 26, 2017 Emma Watts-Plumpkin Articles, Battle Maps, WWI 0

Martin Marix Evans explores the muddy terrain of the Third Battle of Ypres, the effects it had on the action, and what can be found there today.

Niccolò Machiavelli: the father of Renaissance warfare

Jun 21, 2017 Hazel Blair 16th Century, Articles, Early Modern, Slider 0

Iain King examines the relationship between war and thought in the writings of Niccolò Machiavelli. “Men rise from one ambition to another; first they seek to secure themselves against...

Simon de Montfort, the Battles of Lewes and Evesham, and the birth of parliamentary democracy

Jun 15, 2017 Hazel Blair Articles, Medieval, Slider 0

Henry III was a believer in the absolute right of kings and did not care for Magna Carta or any early concepts of ‘the king in parliament’. This, coupled with an immense tax burden, led to...

Exploring Medway: Epicentre of a battle that changed the globe

Jun 14, 2017 Seema Syeda Articles, Museums, Slider 0

350 years to this day, the Dutch finally withdrew from their daring raid on the Royal Navy’s fleet at Chatham. Also known as the Battle of Medway, the raid resulted in one of the most...

The Royal Navy’s Darkest Day: Medway 1667

Jun 14, 2017 Seema Syeda 17th Century, Articles, Early Modern, Slider 0

Patrick Boniface recalls one of the most humiliating defeats in the history of Britain’s Royal Navy. To the people of Chatham the approaching ships on the River Medway must have looked impressive....

The myth of the invincible Vikings

Jun 09, 2017 Hazel Blair Articles, Medieval, Slider 0

The Vikings have a formidable military reputation. But much of this, argues Martyn Whittock, is hype. We need some serious analysis. In AD 866 there were four independent Anglo-Saxon kingdoms...