How important are ‘decisive battles’ in the history of war? This is the central question addressed by Cathal Nolan in this magisterial…
In the Czech Republic, the statue of WWII Soviet military leader Ivan Konev is set to topple, following a decision by a…
How did London communicate with the Resistance in Occupied Europe during the Second World War? A newly released archive of BBC documents…
There can be little doubt that the export of opium from India to China by, among others, the Honourable East India Company…
Hermann Balch has been described as the ‘greatest German general no one ever heard of’. Stephen Robinson, a graduate of the Australian…
The very word 'Viking' conjures up images of fearsome longships, merciless invasions, and slaughtered victims. But were the Vikings unique in their…
It perished in the freezing wastes of Arctic Russia on 20 June 1942. Now, thanks to a 20-year volunteer project, it has…
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…
