MHM chooses five lesser-known people whose war efforts deserve higher praise. 5. William Manley Lived 1831-1901 Manley is the only recipient of…
There are a select number of battlefield tours that every military history enthusiast should experience. Here we list eleven of the finest, most reasonably priced, worldwide…
‘To each according to his threat advantage does not count as a principle of justice.’ John Rawls, A Theory of Justice, 1971…
How were tens of thousands of infantry landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944? How was the supply of ammo,…
MHM places D-Day within the context of Operation Overlord, picking out some of the most brutal clashes and key events, from…
MHM rounds up the most daring and decorated female agents in history. 5. Mata Hari CODE NAME: H-21 LIVED: 1876-1917 ALLEGIANCE: Germany…
What did a British Army soldier have with him while fighting in the trenches of the First World War? Here, Peter Doyle and…
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…
