CATEGORIES

MODERN ANTI-TANK WEAPONS

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

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

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

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

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

M24 CHAFFEE LIGHT TANK

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

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

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

WOLF HOUND

THE STRANGE HISTORY OF THE KG 200 LUFTWAFFE UNIT THAT FLEW CAPTURED ALLIED AIRCRAFT GETS EVEN MORE SURREAL

MUSEUMS & EVENTS

Learn about restoration work to a Dunkirk painting at Churchill’s former house, the UK’s top WWII festival, an exhibition on children of service personnel, and the opening of the Wrens Museum

ROBERT L HOWARD

On 30 December 1968 this colonel was fighting in Southeast Asia, facing an overwhelming force of North Vietnamese troops, all while severely wounded

UKRAINE’S WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE

From 1917-21, against the backdrop of the end of the First World War and the Russian Civil War, Ukraine fought for its sovereignty against Bolsheviks, Germans, Polish… and even itself

NORMAN CONQUESTS

The fearsome knights of Normandy did not stop at the successful invasion of England: they forged a dynasty that changed the face of Europe

LESSONS LEARNED?

Treated by the Combined Operations Headquarters as a dress rehearsal for D-Day, were the so-called ‘lessons learned’ worth the sacrifices at Dieppe?

CANADA'S NINE HOURS IN HELL DIEPPE RAID

In August 1942 an Allied force made up largely of Canadian soldiers raided the French seaport of Dieppe, with disastrous consequences

ATATÜRK’S TRIUMPH

The last major action of the Greco-Turkish War resulted in a Turkish victory – but the suffering was far from over for civilians on both sides

GREEK OFFENSIVES 1920-21

After the seizure of Smyrna, Greek forces moved further into Anatolia with the aid of their allies

SMYRNA LANDING 1919

The regional tension in the wake of the Ottoman defeat broke out into a fresh conflict as Greek forces seized the coastal city and surrounding areas

NEW WINDOW ON A GENOCIDE

The World War I aviation historical society Cross & Cockade International (CCI) has unveiled aerial photography depicting devastated villages and settlements in the Armenian Highlands, the scene of widespread atrocities

THE TET OFFENSIVE

It may have been a colossal military failure, but in many ways this campaign marked the turning point of the Vietnam War

Heroes of the Medal of Honor: RALPH PUCKETT

After capturing high ground at Hill 205 in Korea, US Rangers fought off repeated counterattacks. In the thick of the fighting, their commanding officer provided an extraordinary example of heroism

KITCHENER'S RECONQUEST OF SUDAN

With rival European imperial powers vying for influence in North Africa, Britain set about crushing the Mahdist forces once and for all

THE SIEGE OF KHARTOUM

While the Mahdi was making his moves in Sudan, the British were exerting their control over Egypt following the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882

Great Battles: THE BATTLE OF HUE

In 1968, as popular support for the US invasion of Vietnam faded, communist forces captured the city of Hue in just two hours. They only held it for a few weeks but it was a turning point in the war, and American history

TIMELINE OF... MAHDIST WAR

Muhammad Ahmad transforms Sudan into a militant Islamic state and directly clashes with Egyptian and European colonial armies

DASSAULT Mirage III

The French multi-role delta jet that's still in service nearly seven decades after its first flight

CONFESSIONS OF A POLISH EXECUTIONER

In the dark days of Nazi occupation one resistance member was tasked with assassinating Germans, and even his own countrymen who had become collaborators

STALINGRAD: THE CITY THAT REFUSED TO DIE

The industrial heart of Soviet Russia was in fact never a German objective for Case Blue. So how did it become a turning point in the war and a devastating loss for the Nazis?

THE RISE OF THE MAHDI

One of the most infamous conflicts of Queen Victoria's reign lasted from 1881 to 1899 - but exactly how did Britain become embroiled in a war in which it had little interest?

HITLER'S NAVY

AN ENCYCLOPAEDIC OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE KRIEGSMARINE BEFORE AND DURING WWII