Dr Dominic Tweedle, Director-General of the National Museum of the Royal Navy explains why our nautical heritage must be preserved.…
This month’s Military Times Quiz gives you the chance to win 4 sets of the Osprey Weapons series, worth £50 each.…
In the ‘blame game’ which followed the Zulu battle of Isandlwana, Anthony Durnford quickly emerged as the principal scapegoat. A complex figure…
The lines of the Torres Vedras were lines of forts secretly built by the British from around September 1809-1812 to protect Lisbon…
The Battle of Marathon saw wo entirely antithetical military and political traditions: cavalry, archery, and light-armed troops versus heavy infantry; coerced subjects…
Map of the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880: the decisive action of the Second Afghan War. General Burrows’ little army of…
A map of Taranto Harbour on 11 November 1940, showing the position of the Italian ships, the habour defences, and the direction…
Have you ever wanted to trace your family tree? Well look no further than the UK’s most comprehensive family history show this…
The Zulu Film Museum is about to open at the Cardiff Castle Museum - find out more about this unique and historic…
If the Battle of Britain was a victory of ‘the Few’: that of a small military elite of fighter pilots, the Battle…




