Operation Cobra was a resounding success for the Allied forces on their path to liberating France in the summer of 1944, and…
Patrick Mercer recalls a gruelling mountain assault by one of America’s most illustrious infantry units. My father fought throughout the Italian campaign…
Graham Goodlad reviews the career of Tomoyuki Yamashita, ‘the Tiger of Malaya’, who was responsible for the fall of Singapore in 1942.…
It was the culmination of ten years of increasingly violent unrest between supporters of King Henry VI and his cousin Richard, Duke…
How were tens of thousands of infantry landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944? How was the supply of ammo,…
Between 1642 and 1645, London was the heart of a national revolution against absolutism. During the ‘December Days’ in late 1641, the political crisis…
The possible routes taken by Olaf Guthfrithsson, King of Dublin, in this little known Viking battle for Britain…
British trade routes were plagued by pirates during the 19th century, but where were the most dangerous and densely-populated pirate havens?…
This map explains the movements of the French, British, and Prussian forces from the 15 to the 18 June, 1815. Napoleon seized…
To help you visualize the action in Major General Julian Thompson’s lead feature for MHM on the Royal Navy’s triumph during the Falklands,…