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Major-General Julian Thompson, military historian and former Royal Marines officer, explains why military history is important, not just academically, but in the…

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Welcome to a new magazine

Neil Faulkner, Editor of Military Times, welcomes you to Issue 1 with the mission statement of the magazine, and an introduction to…

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The Retreat from Kabul – Map

The first part of our Afghanistan series begins in Issue 1, with an in-depth chronicling of the British army’s disastrous retreat from…

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Boudica's final battle

Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the route taken by Boudicca in preparation for her final battle. This map…

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Battle of Britain Day Map: the Afternoon Attack

Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the positioning of German and British airforces during the afternoon battle of Battle…

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Battle of Britain Day Map: the Noon Attack

Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the formation of the incoming Luftwaffe squadrons for the first attack on the…

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Battle of Britain Map: an Overview

Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map provides an overview of the locations of the major British and German squadrons, bombed…

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In the early 1960s, Michael Caine was regularly playing small character parts in television dramas and British movies. With his cockney accent…

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    1916-1917: an infantry revolution 1916 was a year of great offensives – at Verdun and on the Somme – offensives made possible…

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    The Battle of Wakefield was a maor battle in the War of the Roses. It took place at Sandal Magna near Wakefield,…

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    James Wolfes’ victory at Quebec gave the British dominion over North American. It was the victory of an army forced to adapt…

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    Photojournalist Don McCullin’s images of war brought the grim reality onto Sunday breakfast tables for two decades . Especially famous are the…

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    Isandlwana was perhaps the greatest defeat inflicted on the British redcoats by native warriors in imperial history. To read the full article, see…

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    A map of Taranto Harbour on 11 November 1940, showing the position of the Italian ships, the habour defences, and the direction…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: The Prague Spring, 1968

Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: The Unknown Warrior, 1920

On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: B-52 storage area, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Nagasaki, Japan, 9 August 1945

This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on the…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Number of people mobilised in World War II

The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: The Paris Exodus

This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Raising the dead, 1865

The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: D-Day in colour

This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: North Vietnam

MHM looks at a series of recently discovered images taken by North Vietnamese photojournalists during the Vietnam War.…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE – Marching to the future

Belgian Carabiniers with dog-drawn heavy machine-gun, 1914 Marching toward the camera, and shot from a low angle, these Belgian Carabiniers are given…

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