The latest discoveries – including parts of at least three horses, one of which looks nearly complete, and the skull and arm of a soldier – are incredibly rare finds.…
At the turn of the 20th century, the first ‘Golden Era’ of Welsh rugby ushered in the national team’s rise to dominance and infused ‘rugger’ into the country’s lifeblood. Lewis, for his part, embraced the game body and soul.…
The early 17th century marked a period of rapid growth in warships as the galleons of the previous century began to give way to the ship-of-the-line, which would dominate naval warfare for the next 250 years. One of the first such vessels was the English 55-gun Prince Royal, completed in…
It was as aggressors that the Irish first made their impact on European history. The quasi-legendary Irish warlord Cormac mac Airt, from the 3rd century AD, not only subdued almost all of Ireland, he also launched destructive attacks on Roman Britain. Another who did so, the following century, was Niall…
Christmas at the front was about making do. Here, for instance, British soldiers have gathered in a shell hole around a makeshift table. Some are sitting on the ground, others on what appears to be rolled-up sheets of wire.…
The Franco-Prussian War overturned the balance of power in Europe…
With the latest James Bond blockbuster out next year, MHM assistant editor Calum Henderson explores the life of the man who created him: Ian Fleming, whose wartime adventures rivalled those of 007 himself.…
Chris Bambery takes issue with Churchill’s claim that 1940 was ‘the finest hour’, arguing that the true moment of imperial greatness was 1815.…
Taylor Downing reviews the classic war film Zulu Dawn.…
Reviewing the Rorke's Drift Museum, with Taylor Downing.…
Alexander Izza reviews the strategy, tactics, weapons, and morale of the opposing forces in the culminating land battle of the Pacific War.…
Marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in the Pacific, Alexander Izza analyses the ferocious last stand of the Japanese Empire.…
Diver Rod Macdonald describes the underwater remains of a Pacific War battle that resulted in the largest two-day loss of shipping of WWII.…
Marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, David Porter analyses the last stand of Hitler’s Third Reich.…
David Porter analyses the balance of forces in the Third Reich’s final battle.…
Neil Faulkner analyses Scipio’s greatest victory.…
Graham Goodlad examines the career of the general who finally overcame Rome’s most formidable foe.…
In this second part of his special on Balaklava, Patrick Mercer analyses the events of 25/26 October 1854.…
Patrick Mercer, a Crimean War specialist, takes a critical look at the men in command at one of British history’s iconic battles.…
Brian Lett reports on a Nazi plan for a mass POW breakout and attempted Fascist coup in wartime Britain.…
Fearless as an action reporter, with a talent for the vivid phrase.…