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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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DVD – FREE MEN (LES HOMMES LIBRES)

There has been a recent surge in the number of revisionist dramas dealing with Nazi occupation. The most recent of these is…

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War Culture – Sudan Satire

Mark Bryant studies the torrent of satirical cartoons, both French and British, which emerged during the Scramble for Africa between 1881 and…

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Autumn Events Guide – 2012

Following the popularity of our Summer Events Guide, we bring you all the best shows, lectures, and living history weekends coming up this Autumn.  Birmingham…

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WAR ZONE: ABYSSINIA, 1868

Richard Jeynes follows the trail of Robert Napier's expedition to Ethiopia to free British hostages…

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MHM INTERVIEWS…PATRICK MERCER

How do you become a military historian? We talked to Patrick Mercer – former soldier, MP for Newark, and occasional MHM contributor –…

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Following the discovery of remains believed to be those of Richard III, take a look at what really happened at Bosworth…

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What military ephemera should you choose to start collecting and why? Here are some of the most popular collectors' items.…

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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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    To help you visualize the action in  Major General Julian Thompson’s lead feature for MHM on the Royal Navy’s triumph during the Falklands,…

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

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    In this map specially prepared for MHM, we chart the last journey of the Bismarck in May 1941. Here the course of…

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

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

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The region of Meaux came dangerously close to being occupied by the advancing German army in September 1914. The German onslaught had…

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

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On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…

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

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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: Raising the dead, 1865

The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE – Marching to the future

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Wartime Christmas

As they enjoy their sparse meal at Beaumont-Hamel on 25 December 1916, the men seem indifferent to a fellow soldier’s grave just…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Napoleon’s Tomb

In May 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte died on the remote island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, where he had been exiled…

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