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  • Hitler’s airborne elite and the battle for Crete

    The Battle for Crete should have been an Allied victory. The problem, however, was the Allied high command.

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Former Cold War missile facility converted into Airbnb

March 29, 2021
3 mins read

The facility at Titan Ranch in Vilonia, Arkansas, was one of 18 such underground sites built in the state as part of

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Book Awards/Books

MHM Book of the Year 2021 – Winners Announced!

March 26, 2021
3 mins read

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

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Museums/News

New Welsh home confirmed for military medical museum

March 22, 2021
2 mins read

Some of its more unusual highlights include a specially adapted carriage used by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War, a box of

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News/WWII

Lost wartime letter reaches family after 75 years

March 15, 2021
3 mins read

The find was made by the World of Books Group, the largest retailer of used books in the UK, who subsequently launched

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Books/Modern

REVIEW – The International Brigades: fascism, freedom, and the Spanish Civil War

March 11, 2021
12 mins read

This book is beautifully written, brilliantly structured, immensely moving, and deeply disturbing. It cannot be recommended strongly enough – especially for those

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Cover Feature

‘Airpower comes of age’

March 10, 2021
4 mins read

Aircraft in WWI initially played a reconnaissance role, but by the war's end was essential in the support of ground operations, attacks,

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News

Spanish Armada maps saved ‘for the nation’ by fundraising appeal

March 9, 2021
2 mins read

After a sale last summer, it was feared that the set of ten ink and watercolour works would leave the country for

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Nelson urged mistress to vaccinate their daughter against smallpox, museum finds

March 2, 2021
3 mins read

In 1798, less than a decade before Nelson’s death at the Battle of Trafalgar, a British victory and a key moment in

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Books/WWII

REVIEW – Hitler’s V Weapons: the battle against the V-1 and V-2, written at the time – an official history

February 23, 2021
5 mins read

Although the title says ‘written at the time’, this is not a collection of personal memoirs or diaries. Nor is it the

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Books/Early Modern

REVIEW – two new histories of the English Civil Wars

February 15, 2021
9 mins read

There are numerous histories of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (to give the ‘English’ Civil Wars their more-accurate title), as such,

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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

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: 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/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: 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/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

16th Queen's Lancers during advance to the Marne Sept. 1914.
Behind The Image/Modern/WWI

BEHIND THE IMAGE – Race to the Sea

The 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers (3rd Cavalry Brigade) advancing from the Marne to the Aisne, September 1914 Keith Robinson studies the aesthetics

Behind The Image/Modern

BEHIND THE IMAGE – Tanks on Parade

This image shows three tanks taking part in the Lord Mayor’s parade in Ludgate Circus, London in November 1918. The parade celebrated

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/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

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