Berlin at War: life and death in Hitler’s capital, 1939-45 Remarkably, although there have been many studies in English of how London…
This Saturday, start your FREE DVD collection – The Century of Warfare…
British Army Cap Badges of the First World War This is one of the best books on cap badges that I have…
A new generation of historians is challenging the old perception of the First World War as pointless carnage. As against the image…
So now we know. After the months of bickering, inter-service infighting, and leaks, the strategic defence and security has finally been unveiled…
The Strategic Defence Review was supposed to underpin a thoughtful and civilised discussion over the future capabilities of Britain’s armed forces. Instead, the Government’s drive to slash budgets as soon…
Military archaeologist Keith Robinson takes a look at one of the lesser-known military museums of Britain, The Muckleburgh Collection in Norfolk. Driving…
In the early 1960s, Michael Caine was regularly playing small character parts in television dramas and British movies. With his cockney accent…
The reasons Britain and the United States went to war in 1812 are diverse. Indeed, different factions within each country had different…
Most people are familiar with the tumultuous events of England in 1066, but how much do you know about ‘the other Norman…
Tickets to English Heritage's re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings this weekend are sold out, but here are 10 alternative ways to…
Who? The one next to Lenin? Well, he was. Until Joseph Stalin had him erased from the photograph (below). But, despite Stalin’s…
