Often overlooked by history, the Franco-Prussian War had a profound impact on both France and Germany. Its military aspects also deserve study,…
The mid 19th century saw a revolution in naval weapons technology – smooth-bore muzzle-loading artillery, which had changed little for over 300…
Most Britons are proud of their country’s role in helping to bring about victory in the Second World War. There is nothing…
The shock of the early Zeppelin raids initiated a host of unconventional countermeasures, including Professor Archibald Low’s project for a small radio-controlled…
Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History at King’s College London, has been described as ‘the outstanding British naval historian of his…
The Cuban Revolution of January 1959, the Bay of Pigs Invasion of April 1961, and the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962…
Seema Syeda reviews the newly remodelled RAF Museum. Museums, I thought in a rather prosaic way as I sat underneath the bomb…
Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…
This massive foreign involvement lends credibility to the claim of Manuel Chaves Nogales, a leading Spanish journalit in Madrid during the siege,…