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.
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The Civil War by numbers
Infographics: Calum Henderson / Images: Wikimedia Commons
Napoleon by numbers
Infographics: Calum Henderson
Victory in Iberia: The Peninsular War, 1808-1814
Graham Goodlad assesses the events that led to the defeat of Napoleonic France in the Peninsular War.
Conquer We Must: a military history of Britain 1914-1945
REVIEW BY ANDREW MULHOLLAND Strategic history may seem dry or even daunting to some, but Robin Prior has broken new ground here. Not only has he tackled a huge subject in a different way, but he has presented his material…
Military History Crossword 130
Royal Navy light aircraft carrier launched in 1941?
El Alamein: turning point in the desert
Graham Goodlad analyses Montgomery’s epic clash with Rommel’s forces, which signalled the end for Nazi Germany’s ambitions in the Middle East.
War Classic: The Campaigns of Napoleon
Chandler sees Napoleon as a gifted improviser whose operations were nonetheless underpinned by certain consistent principles. Amongst his key skills as a commander were a personal charisma that inspired and moulded others to his will
‘I never saw braver men’: black soldiers in the American West
Fred Chiaventone recalls the service of the US Army’s first black regiments.
1945: Victory in the west
REVIEW BY GRAHAM GOODLAD. Over the past decade, Peter Caddick-Adams has established himself as a leading historian of land warfare in the second half of World War II. 1945: Victory in the West completes a trilogy in which the author…
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.
WAR CLASSICS – Barbarossa: The Russian-German Conflict 1941-45
MHM Editor Neil Faulkner recalls one of the great works of military history.
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 East – by Nelson at the Battle of…
Letters – MHM Septemeber 2021
Your thoughts on issues raised by the magazine.
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.
MHM LETTERS – June/July
Your thoughts on issues raised by the magazine.
Barbarossa Through German Eyes
Hitler’s invasion of Russia on 22 June 1941 – Operation Barbarossa – initiated a campaign of epic proportions. While the format of recounting a campaign through the recollections of individual participants is well established, the author does an exceptionally good…
An Englishman at War: the wartime diaries of Stanley Christopherson, DSO, MC, TD, 1939-1945
When Stanley Christopherson wrote in his diary in late November 1945, he proclaimed, ‘So many outstanding things were done during this war, which so thoroughly deserved an award, but were never witnessed.’ The truism is appropriate. Recalling the battle conducted…
Operation Bagration
Which was more important, D-Day or Operation Bagration? Chris Bambery argues that it was on the Eastern Front that the fate of Nazi Germany was sealed.
Afghanistan: graveyard of armies
A huge, mountainous, landlocked Central Asian state, Afghanistan has defied invaders for 2,500 years. Jules Stewart takes a look at Afghanistan’s military longue durée.