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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…
Location of long-lost British submarine identified off Greek coast
The British submarine HMS Triumph was lost in mysterious circumstances off the coast of Greece in 1942. Now she has been located, after a search lasting more than 25 years. The submarine, which was involved in various special operations during…
Menin Gate memorial undergoes two-year restoration project
A two-year restoration project on one of the most recognisable memorials of the First World War has begun. The Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium, is dedicated to British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed during fighting in the nearby battlefields…
English Civil War cipher belonging to Cromwell ally goes on display
A cipher belonging to an ally of Oliver Cromwell early in the English Civil War has gone on display for the first time. The document, dating from the 1640s and rediscovered only last year, is being featured as part of…
Rare Second World War bomber unveiled after decade of conservation
An exceptionally rare bomber from the Second World War is back on public display after undergoing more than ten years of conservation work. The Vickers Wellington bomber, one of only two remaining in existence, is the centrepiece of the Bomber…
War of words – ‘Ovation’
With Marc DeSantis.
MHM 135 Letters – July
Your thoughts on issues raised by the magazine.
War Classics: The Red Badge of Courage
Just over 30 years after the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863, a young reporter who had never heard a shot fired in anger managed to produce a literary classic that not only captured the intensity and confusion of the bitter…
Danish War Museum
Reviewing the best Military History Exhibitions with Calum Henderson.
MHM 135 Competition and Crossword
This issue, we’re giving away three signed copies of The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: the hidden truth at the centre of WWII’s greatest battle by Iain MacGregor The foundation of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II…
In View
MHM’s round-up of the latest military history titles