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…
Germany lost the war long before May 1945. But Hitler refused to surrender, instead dragging the country into the abyss. Although there…
With the pandemic closing museums and galleries for the foreseeable future, Military History Matters has compiled a guide to some interesting websites…
The Spitfire was designed by Reginald Mitchell at the Supermarine factory in Southampton in the mid-1930s. A prototype flew from Eastleigh Aerodrome,…
Nigel West, a renowned expert who writes extensively about British intelligence, reveals in this book the operations of Britain’s overseas intelligence gathering…
On 28 June 1914, the 12th annual Tour de France began in Paris with the blast of a starter’s pistol. The same…
The ballots have been cast, the votes have been counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of the MHM Book…
But there is a clear difference between soldiers who fight for their own national army – or, it may be, their own…
Thought to belong to an Iron Age warrior buried over 2,000 years ago, the site includes weapons such as a sword in…