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    On 4 July 2026, tens of millions of Americans across the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country’s Declaration…

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MHM looks at the excellent support this charity offers veterans with sight-loss. Do you know anyone who served in the Armed Forces, including for their National Service, and…

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Film Review: The Railway Man

Based on the autobiography of WWII prisoner-of-war Eric Lomax, this moving and harrowing new film deals with the horrific torture inflicted on…

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Your MH – Glider Pilots at Arnhem

Alan Jamieson tells the story of Mike Hall, a glider pilot who survived the 1944 Battle of Arnhem. On 12 September 1944,…

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Centenary Season: Exhibitions

How will you be commemorating the anniversary of the First World War? We are continuing our Centenary Season with a series of exhibitions not…

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2014 Events Guide

Each month, Military History Monthly’s ‘On Manoeuvres’ section brings you details of Britain’s finest history-themed activities, from lecture days and air shows,…

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Thinkers at War – Hitler

Iain King takes a hard look at how the First World War turned Hitler into a Fascist.  The ‘Great War’ had a…

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War on Film: Michael Caine in Zulu

In the early 1960s, Michael Caine was regularly playing small character parts in television dramas and British movies. With his cockney accent…

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The reasons Britain and the United States went to war in 1812 are diverse. Indeed, different factions within each country had different…

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Who? The one next to Lenin? Well, he was. Until Joseph Stalin had him erased from the photograph (below). But, despite Stalin’s…

Battle Maps

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    The possible routes taken by Olaf Guthfrithsson, King of Dublin, in this little known Viking battle for Britain…

  • The Retreat from Kabul – Map

    The first part of our Afghanistan series begins in Issue 1, with an in-depth chronicling of the British army’s disastrous retreat from…

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    British trade routes were plagued by pirates during the 19th century, but where were the most dangerous and densely-populated pirate havens?…

  • The Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745

    The War of the Austrian Succession found the British Army run down and neglected, its proud military traditions grown sclerotic. Yet in…

  • Map of the Wellington's Lines of Torres Vedras – from September 1809

    The lines of the Torres Vedras were lines of forts secretly built by the British from around September 1809-1812 to protect Lisbon…

  • Battle of Steenkirk, 3 August 1692

    The struggle for supremacy between Britain and France dominated the History of the British Army from 1688 to 1815. the struggle began…

  • Battle of Waterloo: The Battle for Hougoumont – Map of Hougoumont farm complex

    The Battle of Waterloo raged all day, but in most sectors, there were lulls  in the fighting. Only at Hougoumont was the…

  • The Defence of London: AD 1642

    Between 1642 and 1645, London was the heart of a national revolution against absolutism.   During the ‘December Days’ in late 1641, the political crisis…

  • The Battle of Courtrai, 1302

    In 1302, the townspeople of Flanders rebelled against the French, laying siege to the castle at Courtrai. The French sent an army…

  • Map of the Third Afghan War 1919

    The first aircraft to be deployed in the war swooped to strafe the Afghans fleeing across the frontier after their defeat. A…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: VE Day, 8 May 1945

Victory in Europe (VE) Day marked the official conclusion of the six-year world war against Hitler and his allies. Civilians and soldiers…

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/Modern/WWI

BEHIND THE IMAGE – The Iron Duke

This image exudes orderliness and power. Strong horizontals, emphasised by the landscape format, suggest stability and a sense of balance. Much like…

Behind The Image/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: D-Day in colour

This image, Into the Jaws of Death, is one of the most famous of the Second World War. It was taken by…

Behind The Image/Modern

BEHIND THE IMAGE: North Vietnam

MHM looks at a series of recently discovered images taken by North Vietnamese photojournalists during the Vietnam War.…

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…

Behind The Image/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: Inside the Fortress

It looks like the interior of a spaceship. But the shimmering framework is that of a B-17F, under construction at the Douglas…

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

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…

Behind The Image/WWI

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…

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