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.…
A campaign has finally cleared the Falkland Islands of thousands of mines laid during the war there almost 40 years ago. The project removed the estimated 13,000 lethal devices that were still buried on the islands. The war began in April 1982, following an invasion by Argentinian forces. Despite their…
It remained buried for two and a half centuries. Now a hoard believed to have been part of a supply of weapons for Bonnie Prince Charlie has been found in the Highlands of Scotland. A group of amateur archaeologists made the discovery near a ruined croft house in rural Lochaber.…
Marc DeSantis delves into the history and meaning of the word 'kamikaze.'…
In the half century between the Battle of Quiberon Bay (1759) and the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), Britain’s Royal Navy transformed naval tactics and established global maritime supremacy. Developments in the technology of sail power and naval gunnery had combined to make decisive battle at sea increasingly elusive. Opposing fleets…
• How the Royal Navy achieved global supremacy
• Jan Smuts: guerrilla, politician, warlord
• Sweden’s greatest defeat: Battle of Kircholm, 1605
• Clash of champions: war by personal combat
• Texel, 1945: Nazi Germany’s forgotten last battle…
In the second article in our occasional series, Graham Goodlad assesses two 18th-century admirals whose flaws were offset by outstanding victories.…
Neil Faulkner analyses the fighting on 1 June 1794 and sees a new British tactical system still in development.…
Ashley and Stephen Cooper take a close and critical look at the hallowed idea of war by personal combat.…
Your thoughts on issues raised by the magazine.…
Gold, silver, and bronze prizes are up for grabs in the race for MHM Book of the Year, which will be awarded to the titles our readers feel have made the greatest all-round contribution to the study of military history.…
An incredibly rare Enigma machine from the Second World War has been recovered from the Baltic Sea. Divers made the discovery at Gelting Bay, east of Flensburg, while searching for discarded fishing nets. The cipher machine consisted of a keyboard, a set of three or four interchangeable rotors, and an…
Bill Purdue takes a look at recent critical reappraisal of this famous clash of Soviet and Nazi armour in the summer of 1943.…
It played a crucial role in World War Two and is considered the birthplace of computing. Now, the struggling museum at Bletchley Park has been given a bailout by Facebook.…
It is one of only three complete medieval equestrian armour displays in the world. Now, the 15th-century masterpiece can be viewed by the public for the first time in over 100 years.…
George Orwell’s writing on mass surveillance has left an enduring legacy. Now it has emerged that the author was himself spied on during the Spanish Civil War.…
He lay undisturbed on a hilltop for centuries. Now, the uncovered remains of an Anglo-Saxon warlord may change historians’ understanding of Britain’s ancient history.…
It was hit by Norwegian artillery and torpedoed by a British submarine before finally being scuttled by its own captain. But now, the long-lost wreck of the German light cruiser Karlsruhe has been identified off the coast of Norway.…
Two spies who worked for Britain during the Second World War have been honoured with blue plaques outside their London homes.…
Reviewing the best military history exhibitions, with Marc DeSantis…
MHM's round-up of the latest military history titles…