Grenadier companies were first formed in the British Army in 1678, and were not finally abolished until 1855. By the time of…
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Mark Corby got it wrong about modern British Army performance, argues paratrooper Tom Blakey. With over 23 years’ service, I have served…
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What makes modern wars so barbaric, asks Military Times Editor Neil Faulkner. All forms of warfare can produce atrocities. The survival instinct and…
Since 1945, most wars have been asymmetrical struggles between conventional armies and guerrilla insurgents. Vietnam rather than Korea has been the model.…
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Howard Hughes surely defined the word eccentric. One of the richest men in the world, he was famous for his maverick movie-making, addiction to…
Photojournalist Don McCullin’s images of war brought the grim reality onto Sunday breakfast tables for two decades . Especially famous are the…