War Classics – The Right on the Line
Nick Spenceley reconsiders The Right of the Line by John Terraine
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Cold War Scotland
Reviewing the best military history exhibitions with Calum Henderson.
Churchill and the scientists: Winning the ‘Wizard War’
In the second part of our series to mark Winston Churchill's 150th birthday, Taylor Downing explores his relationship with the difficult but brilliant scientist who restarted Britain’s controversial World War II bombing campaign.
MHM 141 Letters – July
Your thoughts on issues raised by the magazine
Work begins on major restoration of ‘innovative’ Sussex coastal fort
A major new restoration project is under way at the 150-year-old Newhaven Fort, which is one of the largest defensive works ever built in Sussex. The £7.5 million project aims to open up previously inaccessible areas of the fort, such…
Cape Matapan, 27-29 March 1941
Graham Goodlad analyses Cunningham’s masterpiece, the battle which broke the power of fascist Italy in the Mediterranean.
The Women Behind the Few: the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and British Intelligence during the Second World War
REVIEW BY COLIN POMEROY With The Women Behind the Few, Sarah-Louise Miller has produced a truly excellent book telling the story of women in multiple roles during the Second World War. The book actually begins with the Great War, with…
CA 399 Letters – May
Your views on issues raised in CA.
This week: Churchill’s US arsenal
He is, without doubt, the most quoted prime minister in British history. But even by his own standards, the speech that Winston Churchill made on 5 March 1946 stands out. Addressing an audience in Fulton, Missouri, he warned that an…
Churchill’s American arsenal: the special relationship that won World War II
In a new book, Larrie D Ferreiro explains how a special relationship between British and US combat scientists and engineers produced the innovations that won the Second World War.
Saving a Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
This Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) Battery – located some 350m east of Decoy Farm, to the north of the River Bure, near Mautby, Norfolk – is believed to be the most-complete battery of its type in Britain, and one of only…
Military History Competition: win a copy Max Hastings’ Bomber Command
This issue, we’re giving away two copies of Max Hastings’ classic book Bomber Command, courtesy of The Folio Society.
Hitler’s V-Weapons: The Battle against the V-1 and V-2 Written at the Time – an official history
Review of John Grehan's latest release 'Hitler’s V-Weapons: The Battle against the V-1 and V-2 Written at the Time – an official history'.