Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History at King’s College London, has been described as ‘the outstanding British naval historian of his…
Patrick Boniface on the deaths in battle of regal warriors. According to a popular Czech tradition, before he committed himself to combat…
The Cuban Revolution of January 1959, the Bay of Pigs Invasion of April 1961, and the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962…
The February issue of Military History Matters, the British military history magazine, is now on sale. To subscribe to the magazine, click here. To subscribe…
Last month, we asked you to think of something appropriately witty for this image from our feature on Alfred Munnings, published in…
[Competition Closed] MHM February Quiz – win a copy of Napoleon’s Military Machine Operations Manual
This issue, we’re giving away three copies of Napoleon’s Military Machine Operations Manual. 250 years since the birth of Napoleon Bonaparte, a…
The siege of Ladysmith during the Anglo-Boer war is the stuff of legends. The Boers had surrounded General Sir George White and…
Dan Keane reviews Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, a key highlight of the London Coliseum’s 2018/2019 season. It is difficult for any artist…
We asked you to think of something appropriately witty for this image from our feature on Churchill at the Admiralty, published in…
The crisis engendered by the Treaty of Versailles broke the European liberal centre and led to polarisation to both left and right.…