After decades of instability, nearly 200 World War Two graves in Iraq have been restored to their former character.
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MHM Caption Competition: December 2019 – Winners Announced!
Can you think of something appropriately witty for this image taken from our special on The Battle of Midway, featured in the December issue of Military History Matters? Leave your caption as a comment below.
Secrets of the Blitz uncovered by beach-exploring student
Emma Marsh, 20, has uncovered captivating insights into the history of Liverpool through rubble dumped at the coast following the Blitz.
The Battle of Midway
Coming just months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway – in which the outcome of World War II was supposedly decided in the space of a ‘fatal five minutes’ – is the subject of a new film released earlier this month. The clash between the American and Japanese fleets will never be forgotten, but does Midway really deserve the hype? Was it truly the greatest battle of the war?
New images reveal dramatic damage inflicted on HMS Royal Oak
New images have revealed the extent of the damage to HMS Royal Oak after it was sunk during the Second World War.
War Reporters: William Beach Thomas
Seema Syeda recalls the journalism of William Beach Thomas – who came to regret peddling WWI ‘fake news’.
BEHIND THE IMAGE: The Unknown Warrior, 1920
On 11 November 1920, the largest funeral ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a man unknown to the hundreds of thousands of mourners who turned out in his honour. Described as the greatest outpouring of grief the country had ever known, the event was the burial of the Unknown […]
New discoveries throw fresh light on Bronze Age battle
Archaeologists at the site of an ancient battle in Germany say newly uncovered artefacts suggest many of those involved were not local men but came from further afield.
[Competition Closed] MHM Competition: December 2019
This issue, we’re giving away two limited-edition model tanks from Corgi’s new ‘Military Legends’ range. At the height of the Second World War in 1943, Winston Churchill demanded a new infantry support tank be developed to cross the battlefield. The result was the British Churchill infantry tank, which, although cumbersome in its appearance, was one […]
REVIEW – The Armies and the Wars of the Sun King 1643 – 1715 Volume 1: The Guard of Louis XIV
During the second half of the 17th century, France underwent a military transformation of such magnitude that in the space of a generation it overturned the supremacy of Spain to become the pre-eminent power in Europe.
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