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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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Warfare & The Wall: the genesis of a Roman frontier

This Roman frontier was built and operated by the Roman army, but its precise purpose remains shrouded in mystery.…

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MHM Competition: August/September [Competition Closed]

This issue, we’re giving away three copies of At the Gates of Rome, courtesy of Osprey Publishing. In this epic new book,…

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Advertisement feature by MyHeritage The horrific events of the Holocaust tore apart countless families, many of whom were never reunited. One of…

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Hitler’s airborne elite and the battle for Crete

The Battle for Crete should have been an Allied victory. The problem, however, was the Allied high command.…

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The ballots have been cast, the votes have been counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of the MHM Book Awards. We…

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In our latest issue, we look at the transformation of warfare in the first half of the 16th century.…

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On this episode of The PastCast, historian and teacher Graham Goodlad charts the military careers of the king and his heir, 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…

Fact-file: The Seaborne Causes of the War of 1812

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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Tickets to English Heritage's re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings this weekend are sold out, but here are 10 alternative ways to…

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  • BATTLE MAPS: Caesar’s Gallic War

    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…

  • 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…

  • The Battle of Wakefield: 1460

    It was the culmination of ten years of increasingly violent unrest between supporters of King Henry VI and his cousin Richard, Duke…

  • Pirates! – the Royal Navy’s trade routes

    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 Blenheim, 13 August 1704

    The British Army emerged from the crisis of revolution and civil war that had given it birth with a distinctive military doctrine…

  • Battle of Britain Day Map: the Noon Attack

    Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the formation of the incoming Luftwaffe squadrons for the first attack on the…

  • Battle of Britain Map: an Overview

    Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map provides an overview of the locations of the major British and German squadrons, bombed…

  • Battle of Britain Day Map: the Afternoon Attack

    Exclusively commissioned for Military Times, this battle map illustrates the positioning of German and British airforces during the afternoon battle of Battle…

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

  • Passchendaele, 1917

    Martin Marix Evans explores the muddy terrain of the Third Battle of Ypres, the effects it had on the action, and what…

Behind the Image

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Charge of the Royal Naval Division, 1915

This photograph shows infantry from the British Royal Naval Division climbing out of the trenches as if for a charge at the…

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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…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: The Prague Spring, 1968

Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…

Behind The Image/WWII

BEHIND THE IMAGE: Churchill visits Caen, July 1944

Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: The Paris Exodus

This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…

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