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.
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Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz: A tale of two sieges, January-April 1812
Graham Goodlad describes the capture of two key frontier fortresses, whose fall opened Spain to the advance of Wellington’s army.
Arminius: Hitler’s barbarian hero
The Germanic warlord who led the massacre of three Roman legions in the Teutoburg Forest would later provide inspiration for both the Kaiser and Adolf Hitler, as Tim Newark explains.
Master of the dark arts
In the first part of a new series on deception in World War II, Taylor Downing tells the story of Lieutenant-Colonel Dudley Clarke, Britain's flamboyant pioneer of misinformation.
The British Templars: A new warrior elite
The Knights Templar were renowned for their extraordinary feats of bravery in defence of the Holy Land. But the British contribution to their story is often overlooked, argues Steve Tibble.
In Flanders Fields: Cemeteries of the First World War
A groundbreaking new exhibition draws on collections around the world to tell the complex and emotionally charged story of the cemeteries of World War I, as Nicholas Saunders reports.
MHM 136 Competition and Crossword
Put your military history knowledge to the test with Our competition and crossword.
War Classics: Greece and Rome at War – New Edition
Nick Spenceley recalls one of the great works of military history.
Pritzker Military Museum & Library
Reviewing the best Military History Exhibitions with Christopher Warner.
MHM 136 Letters – September
Your thoughts on issues raised by the magazine.
New pictures show remains of rare WWII Hurricanes found in Ukraine
New photographs have been released of the remains of the eight Hawker Hurricane fighter planes that were found buried in Ukraine earlier this summer. The remnants of the British WWII aircraft were discovered in a forest south of the capital…
Divers explore ‘eerie’ wreck of WWI German U-boat sunk off Shetland
A diving team has explored the final resting place of a German U-boat that sank off the coast of Shetland during the First World War. SM UC-55 lies on the seabed some eight miles south-east of Lerwick. She was sunk…
New research reveals secrets of the Ardennes offensive
Researchers have uncovered new information about one of the largest and bloodiest engagements of World War II. The Battle of the Bulge was fought between the Allies and Nazi Germany in the Ardennes region between December 1944 and January 1945,…
Restored painting of the battle of Waterloo goes on display for first time in a generation
A painting depicting a key moment before the Battle of Waterloo has gone on public display for the first time in a generation. Dawn of Waterloo, painted by Victorian artist Lady Butler, was acquired by the National Army Museum (NAM)…
War of words – ‘Destroyer’
With Marc DeSantis
Baseball and britain: Aerial reconnaissance of the USAAF
Between 1943 and 1944, reconnaissance units from the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) trained for combat deployment over the skies of England. They flew over airfields, radar installations, and ancient monuments, as well as major settlements, in order to…
In View
MHM’s round-up of the latest military history titles.
Back to the drawing board: The A38 Valiant Infantry Tank
David Porter on military history's doomed inventions.
War on Film – Oppenheimer
TAYLOR DOWNING reviews the latest film releases.
The Panzers of Prokhorovka: The myth of Hitler’s greatest armoured defeat
REVIEW BY TOBY CLARK This new book by Dr Ben Wheatley of the University of East Anglia can claim success in the fields of both academic and popular history. With a nod to the Soviet ideal of ‘deep battle’, Wheatley…
Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt: An eyewitness history
REVIEW BY PATRICK MERCER When I joined the army there were sphinxes all over the place: on cap badges, collar badges, sporran badges, embroidered on Regimental Colours… The Gloucesters even wore two, one fore and another aft, to commemorate fighting…
Pax: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age
REVIEW BY MARC DESANTIS Over several centuries, Rome met and bested every other organised state of the Mediterranean basin. By overcoming all rivals, Rome extinguished the ability of other states to make war, which was now its monopoly. It was…
Women in Intelligence: The hidden history of two World Wars
REVIEW BY CALUM HENDERSON Mata Hari was the ultimate femme fatale. The Dutch-born exotic dancer and courtesan was famously beautiful and enigmatic, and equally notorious for her many affairs – often with military officers. But Mata Hari led a double…
The Savage Storm: The battle for Italy 1943
REVIEW BY JONATHAN EATON James Holland has established a firm reputation as one of the leading British historians of the Second World War. He has published a series of books that have transformed our understanding of the conflict, most recently…