The term ‘shell shock’ was first used by military doctors in early 1915 to describe the physical ailments of a nervous breakdown. Initially, it was thought the…
Graham Goodlad reviews the career of Tomoyuki Yamashita, ‘the Tiger of Malaya’, who was responsible for the fall of Singapore in 1942.…
It was the culmination of ten years of increasingly violent unrest between supporters of King Henry VI and his cousin Richard, Duke…
Iain King evaluates the life and work of journalist, politician, and firebrand Tom Paine.…
The Sassanian Empire: Rome’s unbeaten rival in the East. With all its success and brilliance in Europe, the Mediterranean, and North Africa,…
The Spah ('military') of the Sassanian Empire were Rome's unbeaten rivals in the East. Here we look at 10 principles of Sassanian…
We examine 5 myths surrounding the Wars of the Roses, as part of our 17-page special feature in issue 50 of Military…
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…
