History of War - Issue 114

In this issue

ANGLO-MARATHA WARS
The once mighty Maratha Empire defended its borders against the British for over 40 years.

CHANCELLORSVILLE, 1863
Robert E Lee mounted a stunning Confederate attack against the odds, but at a heavy cost.

CURTISS SB2C HELLDIVER
Hell to handle, this US Navy dive-bomber nonetheless also proved to be hell for the enemy..

ANGLO-MYSORE WARS

From the 1760s to the 1790s, the East India Company fought a series of conflicts against the Kingdom of Mysore. The kingdom’s final defeat in 1799 greatly _ assisted the British in their eventual domination of India

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ANGLO-MARATHA WARS

This series of conflicts bet een the British East India Company and the Maratha Confederacy stretched over 40 years. The eventual destruction of the Confederacy helped Britain tighten its grip on subcontinent

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COMPANY ARMIES

The East India Company’s formidable private armies were vital to the expansion of British interests in the subcontinent

3 mins

ANGLO-SIKH WARS

Between 1845-46 and 1848-49 two conflicts were fought between the forces of the East India Company, supported by troops from the British Army, and those of the Sikh Empire in the Punjab

3 mins

LAST STAND OF THE WAFFEN-SS

In the closing months of the war in Europe, the Waffen-SS fought desperately to secure Hitler victory. When they failed he disowned them

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LEE MILLER

Among the most iconic and acclaimed photojournalists and correspondents of the Second World War, Miller went from the front page of Vogueto the frontline of the Normandy invasion

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HERSHEL 'WOODY' WILLIAMS

In February 1945, as US Marines struggled to overcome lwo Jima’s relentless Japanese defenders, a 21-year-old corporal silenced seven pillboxes to help turn the tide of the battle

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ROAD TO REBELLION

How the Duke of Monmouth tried in vain to rescue his nation from the oppressive clutches of James II

10+ mins

FIVE HISTORY LESSONS FOR PUTIN

Dr Mark Galeotti is an honorary professor at University College London's School of Slavonic & East European Studies and has published numerous books on Russian security, foreign policy and state criminality. An expert on the Russosphere, both past and present, his latest book, Putin's Wars, analyses how President Vladimir Putin's military campaigns have reshaped the nation and the world. In light of Russia's globally condemned invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, here he gives his assessment of the lessons that the president ought to have learned from his country's own military history, from Nicholas II to Ivan 'the Terrible'.

8 mins

JEWISH SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR: THE UNION ARMY

THE EXPERIENCES OF JEWISH SOLDIERS IN THE UNION ARMY COME INTO FOCUS IN THIS COMPREHENSIVE BOOK

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CHURCHILL'S AMERICAN ARSENAL

A METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED CELEBRATION OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN WARFARE BROUGHT ABOUT BY ANGLO-AMERICAN COOPERATION IN WORLD WAR II

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NEED TO KNOW WORLD WAR II AND THE RISE OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE

A FASCINATING INSIGHT INTO HOW THE UNITED STATES DEVELOPED ITS CODEBREAKING AND SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS DURING THE GLOBAL CONFLICT

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HYBRID WARRIORS

TRACING THE TRAJECTORY OF THE UKRAINE CONFLICT FROM THE BOTTOM UP TO REVEAL THE INNER WORKINGS OF VLADIMIR PUTIN'S KREMLIN

1 min

THE GREATEST VIKING: THE LIFE OF OLAV HARALDSSON

A FINE FINAL BOOK FROM ONE OF OUR MOST DISTINGUISHED POPULAR HISTORIANS

1 min

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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.