Military History Matters 151
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Charlemagne: King, conqueror, emperor
In the first part of our special feature for this issue, Stephen Roberts traces the life of this extraordinary individual; while in the second part, he looks in more detail at Charlemagne’s victory at Pavia, which helped him establish the foundations of the Holy Roman Empire.
The Siege of Pavia: Defeating the Lombards, 773-774
In the second part of our special, Stephen Roberts reveals how a key victory helped Charlemagne establish the foundations for the Holy Roman Empire.
Military diploma dating back 2,000 years discovered in Turkey
It contains personal information in Latin regarding a soldier’s service in the Roman army, and is believed to be exactly 1,898 years old.
The Bell Airacuda
Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Britain all produced their versions of the type, such as the Bf 110, Potez 630, Fokker G.I, and the Beaufighter.
Military history events, lectures, and exhibitions in 2022
– The Vulcan and Cold War Experience
– In Harm’s Way: The US Navy and World War II
– What a history! The MusÉe de L’ArmÉe Collections
Remains of ‘comfortable’ British POW camp uncovered by archaeologists
Around 2,000 German prisoners were housed at this camp, research suggests.
Brothers in Arms: one legendary tank regiment’s bloody war from D-Day to VE-Day
Those with an interest in the British Army in the Second World War have had their appetites whetted recently by the paperback release of An Englishman at War: the wartime diaries of
In Memoriam: Dr Neil Faulkner
As all who worked with him here would agree, he was not just a man of extraordinary and wide-ranging intellectual and professional ability, but also a hugely generous, thoughtful, and kind collaborator and colleague…
War on Film: Benediction
The early stages of Benediction (written and directed by Terence Davies) deal with this story in a very cursory way. There is no treatment of Sassoon (Jack Lowden) as a war hero. The distant conflict is covered by extremely poor-quality black-and-white archive.
A tale of three farms: veterans, archaeology, and the Battle of Waterloo
Euan Loarridge describes a major project to investigate the battlefield of Waterloo using combined teams of trained archaeologists and military veterans.
Armour of the English Knight, 1450-1500
The English armourers of the 15th century were great craftsmen, artists, and innovators. That is the essential conclusion of Tobias Capwell’s monumental study of the armour of the English knight in this
MUSEUM REVIEW – Royal Logistic Corps Museum
A visit is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in finding out how the British Army has been sustained over the last six centuries.
The Battle of Britain: but for a few misplaced bombs
John Lock resumes his series on the ‘Butterfly Effect’. Last time (MHM June/July 2021) he assessed the possible impact of Stonewall Jackson’s accidental shooting at the Battle of Chancellorsville. This time, equally controversially, he turns his attention to the Battle of Britain.
The Searchers: the quest for the lost of the First World War
One of the most tragic consequences of the First World War was the idea and the reality of ‘the missing’. All earlier wars had victims of which no trace was ever found,
Soldiers: great stories of war and peace
Soldiers is a personal selection of stories about war by a leading military historian following a lifetime spent studying the subject. It is not a heavyweight tome, but a fun-to-read book –
Historic items from legendary warship go on display at Chatham
The remains of the ship were discovered in 1979 by local fishermen and she was designated a Historic Wreck in 1980.
WAR CLASSICS – Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict 1941-45
MHM Editor Neil Faulkner recalls one of the great works of military history.
Renaissance warfare: a military revolution
Neil Faulkner analyses the changing nature of warfare in early 16th-century Europe.
The Battle of Bicocca, 27 April 1522
Neil Faulkner analyses a typical battle of the Italian Wars, a clash between a French and an Imperialist army near the northern Italian city of Milan, fought 500 years ago this spring.
The Greatest Raid: St Nazaire, 1942 – the heroic story of Operation Chariot
The superficial justification for Operation Chariot – the daring British commando raid on the French port of St Nazaire in March 1942 – was that it would deny Tirpitz a crucial repair
Egypt 1801: the end of Napoleon’s eastern empire
Within the space of three years between 1798 and 1801, Napoleon’s aspirations for an eastern empire were smashed. Not in Europe, where he reigned militarily supreme, but far away in the Near