David Porter on military history’s doomed inventions…
The story of Alexander the Great, the dashing young prince who conquered vast swathes of the world before his mysterious death at…
The bulk of the fighting had taken place on 3 June, when Grant ordered that the fortifications of Confederate General Robert E…
Operation Gunnerside, as it was known, the destruction of the heavy water plant in Vemork, Norway, is just one of countless covert…
The facility at Titan Ranch in Vilonia, Arkansas, was one of 18 such underground sites built in the state as part of…
The ballots have been cast, the votes have been counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of the MHM Book…
Some of its more unusual highlights include a specially adapted carriage used by Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War, a box of…
This book is beautifully written, brilliantly structured, immensely moving, and deeply disturbing. It cannot be recommended strongly enough – especially for those…
We asked you to think of something appropriately witty for this image taken from our article on the rise of airpower in the…
After a sale last summer, it was feared that the set of ten ink and watercolour works would leave the country for…