History of War - Issue 111

In this issue

PANZERFAUSTS AND PIATS
More powerful and portable anti-tank weapons enabled infantry units to become tank hunters.

PORTUGAL’S FORGOTTEN COLONIAL WAR
How the small nation mounted a counterinsurgency against the odds.

TRENTON, 1776
After crossing the Delaware, Washington planned a daring attack on German-British forces..

TIMELINE OF...ANTI-TANK WEAPONS

Over the course of a century, armed forces around the world produce a variety of weapons and devices to counter the evolution of armoured warfare

2 mins

WWI TAKING ON THE FIRST TANKS

On the morning of 15 September 1916 the British Army altered the course of land warfare forever, deploying 49 Mark I tanks into the Battle of the Somme. This new technology quickly necessitated strong counter-measures

3 mins

WWII PANZERFAUSTS & PIATs

As highly manoeuvrable armoured units gained huge success on the battlefields of Europe and beyond, increasingly accurate and powerful weapons were put into the hands of infantrymen

4 mins

COLD WAR ROCKET-POWERED PRECISION

Since the end of World War Il tanks and the weapons designed to destroy them have been locked in a deadly race for dominance on the battlefield

3 mins

MODERN ANTI-TANK WEAPONS

Rapidly advancing technology has fuelled new generations of infantry and aerial anti-tank weapons

4 mins

PORTUGAL'S FORGOTTEN COLONIAL WAR

While the US and allies fought the Viet Cong's guerrilla campaign, Portugal mounted its own counter-insurgency in its colonial possessions in Angola and Mozambique. This largely overlooked conflict witnessed one of Africa's last major wars of independence from European colonialism

8 mins

AXIS SALLY: TRUE STORY OF AN ALL-AMERICAN TRAITOR

A troubled child, failed Broadway actress, impressionable lover and Nazi propagandist, Mildred Gillars' life is an American tale that descends into the darkest depths of betrayal

8 mins

TRENTON

The battered Americans hatch a bold plan to turn the tide of the War of Independence

10+ mins

INSIDE THE FORTIFIED CHURCHES OF TRANSYLVANIA

Standing on the hilltops of the Transylvanian countryside, the mighty fortified churches protected their citizens throughout centuries of Tatar and Ottoman invasion

6 mins

Heroes of the Victoria Cross: PATRICK ANTHONY PORTEOUS

Amid the disastrous Dieppe Raid of August 1942, this 24-year-old officer took command of a depleted unit, saved a comrade, and led a charge against enemy positions

6 mins

ROME'S GRAND STRATEGY

"THE ROMANS DID DO SERIOUS STRATEGIC THINKING, THEY DID EXECUTE A SERIOUS LONG-TERM STRATEGY. AND THEY MAINTAINED IT FOR 500 YEARS"

10 mins

M24 CHAFFEE LIGHT TANK

The US Army M24 Chaffee light tank first saw service in WWII with the Allies in December 1944

3 mins

WOMEN & WAR

A new exhibition at Biggin Hill Memorial Museum commemorates women's contribution to the RAF and the defence of the United Kingdom during the darkest hours of World War II

4 mins

WWII THIS MONTH...SEPTEMBER 1942

To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict

3 mins

DÜNKIRCHEN 1940: THE GERMAN VIEW OF DUNKIRK

FOR THE BRITISH, DUNKIRK WAS ONE OF THE DEFINING BATTLES OF WWII, THE ARMADA OF 'LITTLE BOATS' SYMBOLISING COURAGE AND DEFIANCE AS THEY RESCUED THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. BUT HOW DID THE GERMANS VIEW IT?

3 mins

KUTUZOV: A LIFE IN WAR AND PEACE

FACT-CHECKING THE HERO STATUS OF FIELD MARSHAL KUTUZOV, WHO FOR HALF A CENTURY SERVED IN ALMOST EVERY MAJOR CONFLICT IN WHICH RUSSIA TOOK PART

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History of War Magazine Description:

Discover the politics, mechanics, strategies and machines of war.

From the conquering legions of Ancient Rome to the thunderous tank battles of World War II and beyond, History of War takes you deeper inside the minds of history’s fighting men, further under the bonnets of some of the world’s most devastating war machines, and higher above the battlefield to see the broad sweep of conflict as it happened.