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THINKERS AT WAR – George Orwell

Iain King examines the relationship between war and thought ‘All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from…

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THE GREAT WAR DEBATE 2014

On 27 October 2014, four military history experts will meet at the Royal United Services Institute to debate the question: Was Britain right…

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A selection of some of the best events coming up over the next few months. MILITARY VEHICLES DAY Over 80 vehicles from across…

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The Battle of Tannenberg: five misconceptions

The campaign resulted in one of the most decisive victories of the First World War. Here, we take a look at five…

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MHM picks the five most efficient and deadly elite regiments from the distant past. 5. The Batavi Allegiance: Roman Empire  The Batavi…

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As part of our extended feature on the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, MHM  looks at the soldiers involved in the…

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To celebrate the re-opening of the Imperial War Museum London, MHM explores the artefacts, old and new, housed in the museum’s famous…

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    In this map specially prepared for MHM, we chart the last journey of the Bismarck in May 1941. Here the course of…

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    James Wolfes’ victory at Quebec gave the British dominion over North American. It was the victory of an army forced to adapt…

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    Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the route taken by Boudicca in preparation for her final battle. This map…

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    In the years 58-51 BC, Gaul was conquered and added to the Roman Empire through the military campaigns of Julius Caesar and his legions. For the first…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Wartime Christmas

As they enjoy their sparse meal at Beaumont-Hamel on 25 December 1916, the men seem indifferent to a fellow soldier’s grave just…

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/Modern

BEHIND THE IMAGE: Inchon Landings, Korea, 1950

This photograph, taken by American reporter and war correspondent Marguerite Higgins, shows the second assault-wave landing on the northern side of Red…

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…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Napoleon’s Tomb

In May 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte died on the remote island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, where he had been exiled…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Spectators at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 28 June 1919

Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…

Behind The Image/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: Nagasaki, Japan, 9 August 1945

This poignant image is evidence of the miles of utter devastation caused when the world’s second atomic bomb was dropped on the…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: U-Boat on Hastings beach, April 1919

U-boat 118 had been launched in February 1918, and in the last couple of months of the war dispatched two British ships…

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/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…

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