Military History Matters 153
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Hastings revisited
As the Bayeux Tapestry returns to England for a major new exhibition, Edmund West assesses the latest thinking about 1066 and all that.
From biplane to B-52
In the second part of our special feature, Graham Goodlad examines the changes in design and technology that underpinned the 20th-century transformation of US airpower.
Defeat from the jaws of victory: the Dodecanese campaign of 1943
Naval historian and museum curator Nick Hewitt explores a little-known British disaster of the Second World War.
1471: the Battle of Barnet
What actually happened on a Wars of the Roses battlefield? What was it like to fight in the 15th century? MHM analyses one of the most decisive battles of the war, blow by blow.
Clash of armour: the art of English warfare in the late 15th century
In this first part of a special feature on the dynastic struggle between the rival houses of Lancaster and York, Neil Faulkner presents a study of the strategy and tactics of the time.
The Wars of the Roses
Our special feature in this issue explores the art of war in late 15th-century England with an article on strategy and tactics, a blow-by-blow analysis of the Battle of Barnet (1471), and a short essay that sets the record straight on the much-maligned Richard III.
Steve hurst: war toys
A new exhibition featuring the work of war artist Steve Hurst was recently on display at Pangolin London, a Kings Cross gallery devoted to sculpture. Bringing together four decades of Hurst’s own
Yamashita: the greatest Japanese general of World War II?
Graham Goodlad reviews the career of Tomoyuki Yamashita, ‘the Tiger of Malaya’, who was responsible for the fall of Singapore in 1942.
Nelson, Navy, Nation: the secret of victory
As the National Maritime Museum opens its new Nelson gallery, MHM Editor Neil Faulkner analyses the admiral’s legend.
War Games
A new V&A Museum of Childhood exhibition is taking a radical look at children’s war play. MHM Editor Neil Faulkner has just visited with two of his children.
Tudor seapower: when Britannia first ruled the waves
Thirty years ago, the wreck of the Mary Rose, pride of Henry VIII’s navy, rose from the seabed to the gasps of a live TV audience of millions. Neil Faulkner takes the opportunity to review the
rise of English seapower in
the early 16th century.
War zone: Plymouth
Matt Leonard explores the military history etched into the townscape of Plymouth.
Singapore, February 1942: the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history
Colonel Ronnie McCrum takes a critical look at a battle that was lost before the war began.
Epaminondas: the man who destroyed Sparta
The Spartans are so famous that their name has become part of the language. But the name of the military genius who broke their power – and whose example inspired Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great – is hardly remembered at all. This is the story of Epaminondas and the Theban revolution in war.
Isandlwana, 1879: Humbling the Great White Queen
‘I can’t understand it!’ That was British commander Lord Chelmsford’s response. Isandlwana was perhaps the greatest defeat inflicted on British redcoats by native warriors in imperial history. Zulu War expert Ian Knight, who has published a major new study, tackles the key question: what went wrong for the British at Isandlwana?
Who was the Greatest Leader of All Time?
The search continues for Military Times’ greatest leader of all time. This month Alexander the Great and George Washington are under the microscope.