We offer an account of the epic conflict that saw Sparta triumph and which marked an end to Greece’s ‘Golden Age'
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Military History Matters has curated a list of 2022’s best military history titles: the nominees for this year’s MHM Book Awards.
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In our latest issue, we trace the complex history of the Spanish Civil War, and examine the bloodiest engagement of the conflict
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The Red Army (later known as the Soviet Army) would grow to become one of history’s most feared fighting forces.
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Historian Robert Kershaw argues that the lack of a German perspective means we have only a partial understanding of the ‘miracle of
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On this episode of The PastCast, historian Geoffrey Parker, co-author of a major new history on the doomed campaign, explains what really
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The April/May 2023 issue of Military History Matters, the British military history magazine, is out now. The best way to access the magazine is to subscribe. Click here to find out more. To read the digital archive, click here. You can also access the magazine online (as well as exclusive extra content) at our new website, The Past. IN THIS ISSUE:The Peloponnesian War According to Thucydides,
The February/March 2023 issue of Military History Matters, the British military history magazine, is out now. The best way to access the magazine is to subscribe. Click here to find out more. To read the digital archive, click here. You can also access the magazine online (as well as exclusive extra content) at our new website, The Past. IN THIS ISSUE:Spain at war: a country divided
The December 2022/January 2023 issue of Military History Matters, the British military history magazine, is out now. The best way to access the magazine is to subscribe. Click here to find out more. To read the digital archive, click here. You can also access the magazine online (as well as exclusive extra content) at our new website, The Past. IN THIS ISSUE:The Soviet Union in five
The October/November 2022 issue of Military History Matters, the British military history magazine, is out now. The best way to access the magazine is to subscribe. Click here to find out more. To read the digital archive, click here. You can also access the magazine online (as well as exclusive extra content) at our new website, The Past. IN THIS ISSUE:Monty and Alamein: ‘The end of
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