Each month, Military History Monthly’s ‘On Manoeuvres’ section brings you details of Britain’s finest history-themed activities, from lecture days and air shows, to…
During the reign of King Gustav II Adolf (1611-1632) Sweden rose to become the dominant military power in Northern Europe on land.…
Taylor Downing reviews a film that made heroes of behind-the-scenes science boffins. The word ‘boffin’ became widely used during the Second World…
The October issue of Military History Monthly, the British military history magazine, is on sale today.…
Stephen Miles explores British fortifications erected in preparation for a war that never happened. On 5 September 1800, French forces surrendered Malta…
The French Foreign Legion Museum In 1888 the French Foreign Legion was authorised to create a ‘Hall of Honour’ – a place…
Maureen Knopp from Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire was seven years old when the Second World War began. Here, she tells Susie Kearley…
The Untold History of the United States Fremantle Media International 1 July 2013 £19.99 ‘History is a pack of lies agreed upon’,…
Named after its designers, Lavochkin, Gorbunov. and Gudkov, the LaGG-3 fighter was one of the most modern aircraft available to Soviet pilots…
The British Limbless Ex-Service Men’s Association (BLESMA) has existed since after the First World War, starting out as a network of those…