Neil Faulkner rails against the neglect of historic battlefields and a warped view of British history. Visit the battlefield of Evesham and…
In 1367, the light horse of the Castilian army bore a more important part than any other European kingdom save Hungary and…
Staring death in the face on a regular basis has long been reason enough for soldiers to turn to the devil drink.…
The revolutionary weapon that transformed anti-tank fighting in the final battles of WWII. After the first model was introduced in July 1943,…
Mark you that I die like a gentleman and a soldier – I am to be shot with sixty others in about…
RESISTANCE METRODOME 19 March 2012 £9.99 This classily produced ‘what-if’ WWII story examines life in a small and isolated Welsh valley, where…
Each month, Military History Monthly’s ‘On Manoeuvres’ section brings you the info on Britain’s finest history-themed activities, from lecture days and air…
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…
