An unequal contest?
In the second part of our series, Graham Goodlad reviews the organisation, tactics, and weaponry of the two armies.
British Army
The empire strikes back: The American Revolution – Part 3: changing fortunes
In the third part of his series marking the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, Fred Chiaventone examines the crucial events of 1777-1780.
MHM 147 Competition
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The Nine Years War: 1688-1697
Graham Goodlad analyses Britain’s role in the long-running struggle against French domination of the Low Countries.
MHM Book Awards 2025
The ballots have been cast, the votes counted, and we are delighted to announce the winners of the MHM Book Awards. We curated a list of 2024’s best military history titles, and asked you, our readers, to vote for your…
War Classics – The Reason Why
Nick Spenceley recalls one of the great works of military history
War Classics – Wellington in the Peninsula
Nick Spenceley recalls one of the great works of military history.
Warriors in Scarlet: The Life and Times of the Last Redcoats
REVIEW BY GRAHAM GOODLAD Ian Knight has gained a deserved reputation as an expert on the Anglo-Zulu War. In Warriors in Scarlet, he turns his attention to a broader canvas. His subject is the British army in the first half…
In View
MHM’s round-up of the latest military history titles
Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918-40
REVIEW BY ANDREW MULHOLLAND Few recent military books can have been quite as timely as this one. For while conceived several years ago, Richard Dannatt and Robert Lyman’s study of the British Army brings us right up to date and…
Location of Revolutionary War prison camp finally identified
The camp housed hundreds of English, Scottish, and Canadian privates and non-commissioned officers during the Revolutionary War of 1775-1783.
Rorke’s Drift: why did the Zulus lose?
Chris Peers, author of a new minute-by-minute study of the fighting on 22 January 1879, analyses the extraordinary endurance of the mission-station garrison.
Review: Fort George
Open 9.30am-5.30pm daily (April to September) and 10am-4pm daily (October to March)Ardersier, Inverness, IV2 7TDwww.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/fort-george/+44 (0) 1667 462 834 Fort George is an imposing reminder of a turbulent period in British history. Its commanding position on the Moray Firth in…
Campaign launched to commemorate biggest loss of female army life in British history
Nearly 80 years on, the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association is working to ensure that the names of the victims are included in war memorials across the country.
German civilians gather around a British tank, Hamburg station, May 1945
This photograph, showing soldiers lounging on their tank and citizens going about their daily business, was taken outside Hamburg railway station in May 1945.
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.
This week: Rorke’s Drift
The Defence of Rorke's Drift remains one of the most celebrated engagements in UK military history. On the night of 22 January 1879, a force of just over 150 British and colonial troops held off an estimated 3-4,000 Zulu warriors during more than 12 hours of bitter, hand-to-hand fighting that would result in the award of 11 Victoria Crosses.
Military History Exhibition – The National Memorial Arboretum
MHM's Calum Henderson reviews the best military history exhibitions. This month, he explores The National Memorial Arboretum.
Churchill versus the men of 1940
Nigel Jones explored the vexed relationship between President Lincoln and General McClellan in the first year of the American Civil War last issue. This time, he takes a look at Prime Minister Churchill’s relationship with the British generals in WWII.
Sir John Moore and the Battle of Corunna
Andrew Mulholland analyses a masterful tactical defence by one of the finest British commanders of the Napoleonic Wars.
Military history events, lectures, and exhibitions – July 2021
MHM offers a glimpse into the best military history exhibitions and experiences available to the public in July 2021, including The Tank Museum's fair and auction, and the National Army Museum's exhibit on West Indian servicemen.
Legendary ‘Flying Sikh’ to be commemorated with statue
He became known as the ‘Flying Sikh’ because he wore a specially designed helmet that fitted over his turban.
In View
MHM’s round-up of the latest military history titles.
War Athletes – Wyndham Halswelle
The life of Wyndham Halswelle - Olympic athlete and soldier in the Second Boer War and Second World War.
War on Film: Zulu Dawn
Taylor Downing reviews the classic war film Zulu Dawn.
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.
War on Film: Zulu
Taylor Downing reviews the classic war film Zulu.
The 17th Lancers Regiment at Ulundi, 4 July 1879
MHM Editor Neil Faulkner recalls a classic charge of British cavalry on a late 19th-century battlefield.
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.
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?