Military History Matters 154
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An unequal contest?
In the second part of our series, Graham Goodlad reviews the organisation, tactics, and weaponry of the two armies.
The Jacobite Wars
In the first part of our new series, Graham Goodlad explores the Jacobite movement’s early attempts to overthrow Britain’s ruling Protestant monarchy.
MHM’s round-up of the latest military history titles – November 2021
•Total War: a people’s history of the Second World War
War Classics – 1066: the year of the conquest
The Norman Conquest of England was a violent onslaught by barbaric feudal chivalry on what was, at the time, a sophisticated constitutional monarchy based on the rule of law, under whose authority
Memorials of the Mighty Eighth
Sam Edwards explores the many markers in the English countryside to the former presence of America’s WWII bomber fleet.
Samurai armour goes back on display after conservation
The suit was made in around 1830 in the Japanese province of Kaga, an important centre of armour production
The Edge of Europe – Heritage, Landscape, and Conflict Archaeology
The passage of time reveals two things – the forgetfulness of human memory, and the clarity of hindsight – neither of which of course is a law. For the archaeology of modern
Back to the Drawing Board: the Nock Volley Gun
David Porter on Military History’s doomed inventions.
The Tudor Conquest of Ireland
The English Tudors were determined to crush Irish independence, but Gaelic warriors fought back. Tim Newark describes the Irish warlords who took on the armies of Elizabeth I.
Taking Paris: the epic battle for the City of Lights
‘General Erwin Rommel has had a very busy weekend.’ So begins Martin Dugard’s latest book, Taking Paris. And immediately the reader knows two things. Firstly, the book does not only describe the
Major new aircraft exhibition to display largest collection of Spitfires under one roof
The exhibition opens at the Imperial War Museum’s Duxford branch in December
Guy Gibson at RAF Scampton, 1943
In this image, Wing Commander Guy Gibson can be seen sitting in field of poppies at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire in July 1943. It was from this airbase that Gibson led 617
Roman courtyard unearthed at WWII bunker site on Alderney
The discovery of the courtyard was made after years of searching.
The Shape of Battle
What can six battles across a thousand years of history tell us about the nature of warfare? Probably not a lot, as Allan Mallinson himself admits. In his latest book, he is
The Making of Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was the pivotal figure of the English Revolution. He emerged from relative obscurity to become Parliament’s greatest commander of cavalry in the Civil War, the leader of the radical wing
Second World War and Holocaust Galleries, IWM London
MHM Assistant Editor Calum Henderson reviews the Imperial War Museum’s latest exhibition.
All Sir Garnet! The Battle of Tel el-Kebir, 13 September 1882
It signalled a new age of empire – an age of armed intervention by industrialised European armies. The Scramble for Africa had begun. In this extended extract from his new book, MHM Editor Neil Faulkner analyses the battle in which Victorian Britain destroyed an Egyptian nationalist movement and took possession of the country.
Mass graves of Crusader soldiers identified in Lebanon
Each of the bodies showed signs of serious injury and were buried with swords, maces, and arrows.
War of Words – ‘ARMAGEDDON’
‘Armageddon’ came to English, via Greek, from Hebrew har megiddo, meaning ‘mountain of Megiddo.’
The Spartans
Ancient historian Paul Rahe, whose monumental history of Sparta is just out, analyses the origins of the feared Spartan hoplite phalanx.
The Viking Great Army and the Making of England
Whether you like this book will depend on whether you like archaeology. If you do – as well as liking military history – and you therefore choose to read it, you will