All great military tacticians plan their campaigns carefully, but only very rarely do those plans survive. Now a sketch showing Admiral Lord…
George Washington earned a place in the pantheon of leaders who led both militarily and politically through the storms of revolution. Combining…
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns’ book can, in essence, be divided into two distinct sections: his ‘junior’ and ‘senior’ officer days,…
The Brecon Beacons National Park is an unusual place for a commemoration. But in early November, it played host to a ceremony…
Although its subject matter is Germany, this slim volume is packed full of photographs garnered by the author from around the world,…
A first edition of Machiavelli’s Libro dell’arte della guerra (The Art of War) has sold at auction for £150,000.…
MHM has curated a list of 2019’s best military history titles: the nominees for this year’s MHM book awards. Our selection includes…
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…
