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A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story

An updated version of his 1987 Battle of Britain memoir of the same title, Tom Neil recounts his time as a 19-year-old…

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Fact File

War on Film: Michael Caine in Zulu

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

Fact-file: The Seaborne Causes of the War of 1812

The reasons Britain and the United States went to war in 1812 are diverse. Indeed, different factions within each country had different…

10 things you didn’t know about the Norman conquest of Ireland

Most people are familiar with the tumultuous events of England in 1066, but how much do you know about ‘the other Norman…

10 ways to mark the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings

Tickets to English Heritage's re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings this weekend are sold out, but here are 10 alternative ways to…

All you need to know about… Leon Trotsky

Who? The one next to Lenin? Well, he was. Until Joseph Stalin had him erased from the photograph (below). But, despite Stalin’s…

Battle Maps

The Dutch War of Independence
When the war began in 1566, Imperial Spain was the world’s greatest superpower. By the time it ended, in 1609, ‘the Spanish century’ was…
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…
BATTLE MAPS: Caesar’s Gallic War
In the years 58-51 BC, Gaul was conquered and added to the Roman Empire through the military campaigns of Julius Caesar and his legions. For the first…
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…
Map of the Third Afghan War 1919
The first aircraft to be deployed in the war swooped to strafe the Afghans fleeing across the frontier after their defeat. A…
Jutland — fleet movements
In our Jutland — the combat experience feature this month, Peter Hart reconstructs the action of the battle using personal accounts of men…
Battle of Steenkirk, 3 August 1692
The struggle for supremacy between Britain and France dominated the History of the British Army from 1688 to 1815. the struggle began…
Battle Maps: Passchendaele, 1917
1916-1917: an infantry revolution 1916 was a year of great offensives – at Verdun and on the Somme – offensives made possible…
The Battle of Courtrai, 1302
In 1302, the townspeople of Flanders rebelled against the French, laying siege to the castle at Courtrai. The French sent an army…
The Battle of Wakefield: 1460
It was the culmination of ten years of increasingly violent unrest between supporters of King Henry VI and his cousin Richard, Duke…

Behind the Image

American Civil War/Behind The Image

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…

Behind The Image/WWII

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…

Behind The Image/Modern

BEHIND THE IMAGE: COSSACK BAY, BALAKLAVA, 1855 BY ROGER FENTON

This bustling black-and-white photograph offers an atmospheric view of a natural harbour crowded with ships, campaign tents, livestock and supplies. Titled Cossack…

Behind The Image/Modern/WWI

BEHIND THE IMAGE – The Iron Duke

This image exudes orderliness and power. Strong horizontals, emphasised by the landscape format, suggest stability and a sense of balance. Much like…

Behind The Image/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: the struck Japanese fleet carrier Amagi, 24 July 1945

Here lies the toppled Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi . Photographed towards the very end of the Second World War, it is a…

Behind The Image/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: Churchill visits Caen, July 1944

Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…

Behind The Image/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…

Behind The Image/WWII

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…

Behind The Image/Modern/WWI

BEHIND THE IMAGE – Deserted Trench

Abandoned British position captured by the Germans This cold and desolate image shows an abandoned British trench following a German attack, with…

Behind The Image/Modern

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…