As the last knot of mutineers stood against the charge of the 10th Bombay Native Infantry, there must have been many who…
Monte la Difensa Today, when you look at the routes up Difensa’s crags, it is just possible to imagine small groups of highly…
‘Legion’ derives from the Latin legio, which itself comes from the verb legere, meaning ‘to choose’ or ‘to levy’.…
Neat ‘tache… who was he? Once called ‘the most powerful man in Germany’, Erich Ludendorff was a prominent general in the German Army…
The September issue of Military History Monthly, the British military history magazine, is now on sale. In this issue we cover: The Spanish-American War, 1898…
In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…
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The August issue of Military History Monthly, the British military history magazine, is now on sale. In this issue we cover: The Great Offensives In…
Look at that bling – who was he? Hailed by historians as ‘a second Alexander’ and ‘the Napoleon of the East’, Nader Shah was…
The July issue of Military History Monthly, the British military history magazine, is now on sale. In this issue we cover: Battle of Jutland To…