Alan Jamieson tells the story of Mike Hall, a glider pilot who survived the 1944 Battle of Arnhem. On 12 September 1944,…
How will you be commemorating the anniversary of the First World War? We are continuing our Centenary Season with a series of exhibitions not…
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,…
Iain King takes a hard look at how the First World War turned Hitler into a Fascist. The ‘Great War’ had a…
It is 1799. After a decade of political turmoil, more than 40,000 executions and a brief but bloody Reign of Terror, France…
The War that Ended Peace: how Europe abandoned peace for the First World War Margaret MacMillan Profile Books, £25 ISBN 978-1846682728 Margaret…
Richard Bevan takes a look at a selection of war films, some of which are unlikely to win any awards for historical…
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…
