One of the most dramatic events in history, it is no wonder that D-Day has received such extensive film coverage.…
Sinclair McKay’s well-researched, detailed, and all-embracing book is the first major study of the bombing of Dresden to be published for 15…
Ordinarily, a gunboat was a lesser craft, mounting just a few guns. They were particularly useful in shallow waters that larger warships…
Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls and archaeologists at Staffordshire University investigated the living conditions of inmates at the camp of Sylt on the…
Written by Private Arthur Edward Diggens, the diary was found in a Midlands barn and contains astonishing insights into the author’s experiences.…
The June/July issue of Military History Matters, the British military history magazine, is now out now. With shops and newsagents closed due to the…
Germany lost the war long before May 1945. But Hitler refused to surrender, instead dragging the country into the abyss. Although there…
‘Hun’ became an unflattering synonym for Germans during World War I, used by Britons to emphasise their enemy’s brutality.…
The relic was removed by engineers from the country’s armed forces in Medellin, a province on the northwestern tip of the island…
Remarkably, it appears that the radio was never used: the box hissed with inrushing air when it was opened by archaeologists at…