Although its ‘high-tech’ features, such as an auto-loader for the main armament and its ultra-compact multi-fuel engine, were superficially impressive, they proved…
But there is a clear difference between soldiers who fight for their own national army – or, it may be, their own…
This campaign of terror provoked an exodus – and the Biblical term is appropriate. The French government fled, soon followed by many…
A new study has revealed that World War I helmets provided as much protection from shockwaves as their modern counterparts.…
Thought to belong to an Iron Age warrior buried over 2,000 years ago, the site includes weapons such as a sword in…
Plans have been approved for a museum at the family home of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, who was behind the evacuation of…
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Balaklava is one of the most famous battles in British history. Yet it cannot really be compared with, say, Hastings, Waterloo, or…
Roberts begins with a personal hero, Napoleon Bonaparte. There seemed to be an array of qualities that made the general great, including…
Filled with iron nails, the bottle was initially thought to have been placed there for storage. But Oliver Mueller-Heubach and Robert Hunter,…