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.
Balaklava: a battle or three skirmishes?
In this second part of his special on Balaklava, Patrick Mercer analyses the events of 25/26 October 1854.
The Battle of Balaklava in Perspective
Patrick Mercer, a Crimean War specialist, takes a critical look at the men in command at one of British history’s iconic battles.
Hitler’s hangmen: the secret plot to kill Churchill
Brian Lett reports on a Nazi plan for a mass POW breakout and attempted Fascist coup in wartime Britain.
Sister Janet Wells: the ‘Florence Nightingale’ of the Zulu War
Adrian Greaves reports on a Victorian nurse who served in the Russo-Turkish and Zulu Wars – earning both an Imperial Red Cross from Russia and a Royal Red Cross from Britain.
The Pacific War at Sea: the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942
Neil Faulkner analyses the strategic situation in the Pacific in early 1942 and the military balance of forces.
HMS Olympus: a tale of tragedy and heroes
Timmy Gambin and Lucy Woods report on the discovery and exploration of HMS Olympus, which sank off the coast of Malta in 1942.
Defeating the Kaiser’s U-boats: British Anti-Submarine Weapons, 1914-1918
David Porter, MHM ’s military technology specialist, analyses the Royal Navy’s victory in the first ‘Battle of the Atlantic’.
‘Vile guns’: how artillery ended the Hundred Years’ War
Fred Chiaventone analyses the role of artillery at the Battles of Formigny and Castillon – battles that turned the tables on the victors of Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt.
Review: Royal Navy Submarine Museum
Reviewing the best military history exhibitions WITH MATTHEW ADAMS.
The Battle of Pharsalus, 9 August 48 BC
MHM Editor Neil Faulkner analyses Caesar’s greatest victory.
Great Commanders: Julius Caesar
Graham Goodlad analyses the military genius of ancient Rome’s best-known general.
War Reporters: William Howard Russell
Widely regarded as the first modern war correspondent, Russell was a globetrotter with a wide purview, reporting on the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the American Civil War, the coronation of Tsar Nicholas I, the Franco- Prussian War, and the Zulu War among many other key events of the tumultuous 19th century.
War Reporters: Jean Froissart
Froissant claimed to have born witness, during his travels, to many of the battles that took place during the Hundred Years War, committing all he had seen and heard to writing in the form of elaborate illustrated manuscripts. Seema Syeda examines battlefield scoops through the ages.
Churchill and Stalin: an unlikely alliance
From 1917 to the 1950s, Winston Churchill had a long and bumpy relationship with the Soviet Union, and it had a profound effect on his reputation in America. Taylor Downing charts the zigzags.
Stalingrad: the greatest Allied victory?
It has been argued that the Allied victory in Tunisia in May 1943 was a greater victory than Stalingrad. Anthony Heywood disagrees.
Ancient Russian battle-axes discovered
This is a significant event for Russian archaeology, since no similar site has been uncovered for the past quarter-century.