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Studying Military History

According to military historian Saul David: ‘Given that the recent tempo of military operations for British and US forces is higher than it…

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British South Africa Company Medal, 1896-1897

In our monthly study of the conflicts that lie behind treasured campaign medals, this month, we examine the conflicts behind  the British South Africa Company…

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Warrior – Rogers' Rangers

Using Ed Dovey’s beautiful illustrations as a visual guide, Robin Smith reports on an early British special-forces unit that operated in the…

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The India Medal of 1896

In our monthly study of the conflicts that lie behind treasured campaign medals, this month, we turn to the India Medal awarded for campaigns…

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Spies in the Sky – how they did it

One of our features this month deals with the importance of aerial photo-reconnaissance during the Second World War. To help explain exactly…

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MHM INTERVIEWS…Saul David

MHM Editor Neil Faulkner spoke to Saul David about his major new book All the King’s Men: the British soldier from the…

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Neil Faulkner assesses the latest Korean crisis in the light of the peninsula’s troubled history. The death of North Korean dictator Kim…

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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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    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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    As every Scotsman knows, in 1314, at midsummer, the might of the English army came to grief in the boggy ground below…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE – Deserted Trench

Abandoned British position captured by the Germans This cold and desolate image shows an abandoned British trench following a German attack, with…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Churchill visits the docks

In the Second World War, the dockyards and riverside factories of London’s East End were essential to the country’s struggle against the…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: The Unknown Warrior, 1920

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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BEHIND THE IMAGE – Marching to the future

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The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

Everyone is familiar with Joe Rosenthal’s photograph, ‘Raising the Flag On Iwo Jima’. What few people know is that this inspiring moment…

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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 Liberation of Paris, August 1944

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: U-Boat on Hastings beach, April 1919

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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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