A huge, mountainous, landlocked Central Asian state, Afghanistan has defied invaders for 2,500 years. Jules Stewart takes a look at the country’s…
The May issue of Military History Monthly, the British military history magazine, is now on sale. In this issue: SPECIAL: BRITANNIA – THE REAL STORY…
Mark Corby got it wrong about modern British Army performance, argues paratrooper Tom Blakey. With over 23 years’ service, I have served…
Mark Corby laments the degraded condition of the British Army. As a direct result of the Iraq and Afghan insurgencies, it appears…
Map of the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880: the decisive action of the Second Afghan War. General Burrows’ little army of…
The first aircraft to be deployed in the war swooped to strafe the Afghans fleeing across the frontier after their defeat. A…
It is time our leaders acknowledged that military involvement in Afghanistan has done more to undermine Britain’s standing in the world than…
From the start, what little order there was went awry. As pillaging Afghans moved into the emptying cantonment, panic ran through the…
The invaders of Afghanistan find themselves waging a war against an enemy who is never there.…
Major-General Julian Thompson, military historian and former Royal Marines officer, explains why military history is important, not just academically, but in the…