History of War - Issue 141

In this issue

THE BARBARY CRUSADE - In the late 14th century, a Franco-Genoese army launched a failed attack on the pirate stronghold.

WAR WITH THE USA - No sooner had it won its independence, the fledgling nation was attacked by the corsairs.

THE BARBARY CRUSADE

The pirates were building on a rich tradition when they started to prowl the Mediterranean, but their attacks drew a fierce response

3 mins

RAIDS ON THE NORTH

Although the pirates were most active in the Mediterranean, they also ventured further afield for their spoils

3 mins

WAR WITH THE USA

The pirates were dealt a severe blow when a new nation appeared on the scene

3 mins

END OF THE PIRATES

The corsairs' reign lasted into the 19th century, until Europe's superpowers sought to end it permanently through conquest

3 mins

HITLER'S BOMBERS

Today, countless European cities still bear scars from the Luftwaffe's bomber crews. But with bombers constituting one-third of all German aircraft lost in WWII, such devastation didn't come cheap for the Kampfflieger

10+ mins

OBJECTIVE NORFOLK

One of the largest tank engagements of the Iraq War will be forever known to those who were there as 'Fright Night'

10+ mins

ROLLS-ROYCE MERLINS TO MISSILES

After building the RAF's war-winning engines, the iconic British firm began designing cutting-edge propulsion systems for NATO

8 mins

Heroes of the Victoria Cross - KEITH PAYNE

Under monsoon conditions in the Central Vietnamese Highlands, this Australian soldier ignored his injuries to hold back a communist attack and ensure that no man was left behind

6 mins

COLD WAR - BATTLE FOR BERLIN

In the tense nuclear stalemate, the Western Allies hatched drastic plans to defend against Soviet invasion, which meanwhile was being plotted in the East

6 mins

GODFATHER OF THE SAS? T.E. LAWRENCE

Nearly 90 years after his death, the famously unorthodox officer deserves to be remembered as an early inspiration for the British special forces

10+ mins

NELSON-CLASS BATTLESHIP

A necessarily smaller design based on a battlecruiser, these vessels served with distinction in multiple theatres of the Second World War

4 mins

FORGOTTEN FACES OF THE BLITZ

Andy Saunders reflects on whether Steve McQueen's new wartime movie casts some uncomfortable light onto the popular history of Britain's ‘darkest hour'

5 mins

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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.