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  • Verdun: the longest battle

    Verdun – or the ‘Mill on the Meuse’, as it became known – holds a similar place in France’s national psyche to…

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REVIEW – MI6: British secret intelligence service operations, 1909 – 1945

Nigel West, a renowned expert who writes extensively about British intelligence, reveals in this book the operations of Britain’s overseas intelligence gathering…

War Athletes/WWI

War Athletes: François Faber and Octave Lapize

On 28 June 1914, the 12th annual Tour de France began in Paris with the blast of a starter’s pistol. The same…

Book Awards/Books

MHM Book of the Year 2020 – Winners Announced!

The ballots have been cast, the votes have been counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of the MHM Book…

Books

REVIEW – The Elite: the story of special forces – from Ancient Sparta to the War on Terror

Fiennes had picked his moment well. Ever since the dramatic Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980, the press, and to some degree the…

Books

REVIEW – Keenie Meenie: the British mercenaries who got away with war crimes

But there is a clear difference between soldiers who fight for their own national army – or, it may be, their own…

News/WWI

WWI helmets provided as much protection as modern models, study finds

A new study has revealed that World War I helmets provided as much protection from shockwaves as their modern counterparts.…

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Grave of Iron Age warrior discovered in West Sussex

Thought to belong to an Iron Age warrior buried over 2,000 years ago, the site includes weapons such as a sword in…

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    The lines of the Torres Vedras were lines of forts secretly built by the British from around September 1809-1812 to protect Lisbon…

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    The Battle of Marathon saw wo entirely antithetical military and political traditions: cavalry, archery, and light-armed troops versus heavy infantry; coerced subjects…

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Behind The Image/WWI

BEHIND THE IMAGE: The ‘Iron Harvest’ on the Western Front

The original caption reads, ‘Some shell cases on the roadside in the front area, the contents of which have been despatched over…

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/Modern/WWI

BEHIND THE IMAGE – L’infanterie Cycliste

The region of Meaux came dangerously close to being occupied by the advancing German army in September 1914. The German onslaught had…

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…

Behind The Image/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: Churchill visits the docks

In the Second World War, the dockyards and riverside factories of London’s East End were essential to the country’s struggle against the…

Behind The Image/Modern/WWI

BEHIND THE IMAGE: Charge of the Royal Naval Division, 1915

This photograph shows infantry from the British Royal Naval Division climbing out of the trenches as if for a charge at the…

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/Modern/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: Kristallnacht, by Charlotte Salomon, from Life? Or Theatre? 1940-1942

With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…

Behind The Image/Modern/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: captured Luftwaffe crewmen, London Underground, 1940

In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…

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…

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