Durk Steed highlights the role of first-wave amtrac driver Don Crain during the 1943 Tarawa invasion. Don Crain turned 17 in October…
MHM explores the rich military history of the island of Alderney, and encourages you to do the same! Alderney, third largest of…
In 1588, the bulk of the English fleet comprised 500-tonne race-built galleons designed primarily as floating gun-platforms. This detailed diagram of the…
Taken from the MHM34 feature, here are 9 deposed monarchs, some of whom were quite gruesomely dethroned. Harold II (1066) The…
John Winterburn finds a censored version of Jordan’s military history at the country’s national army museum. …
Dr Phil Stone outlines the Richard III Society’s views regarding the king’s burial. When the ‘Looking for Richard Project’ was devised…
With hundreds of military museums in the UK alone, how do you know which one will best suit your interests? Here, MHM has picked…
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…
