History of War - Issue 118

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STRUGGLE FOR THE GOLAN
Syria’s attack from the north sparks a fierce armoured battle for the Golan Heights.

MILVIAN BRIDGE, 312 CE
Two rival emperors battle to claim sole control of the Roman Empire.

ENGLAND’S BLOODIEST VIKING RAID
In 793 the Lindisfarne monastery was attacked by a band of ‘heathen men’ from across the sea..

EGYPT STRIKES BACK

To avenge its humiliation in 1967 the Egyptian military assaulted the Israeli-occupied Sinai Peninsula during the Yom Kippur holiday

4 mins

STRUGGLE FOR THE GOLAN

The IDF thought it held the perfect buffer against the Syrians, but on 6 October its men were outgunned and outnumbered in a brutal tank battle

3 mins

NICKEL GRASS THE GREAT AIRLIFT

With the IDF suffering multiple setbacks in the first week of the war, Israel’s leadership faced a terrifying possibility. Was this the last great struggle in their country’s brief existence?

3 mins

CAMP DAVID ACCORDS

Efforts to officially end the Yom Kippur War and wider conflict between Egypt and Israel finally concluded with an historic summit in the US

3 mins

WOMEN BEHIND 'THE FEW' WAAF

The Women's Auxiliary Air Force and British Air Intelligence during the Second World War

10+ mins

MILVIAN BRIDGE

Rival emperors Constantine and Maxentius fought to establish their supremacy in a battle that would have momentous consequences for the Roman Empire

10+ mins

LINDISFARNE ENGLAND'S BLOODIEST VIKING RAID

The tidal island of Lindisfarne can claim to be the single most important sacred site in England, but it was here that the first significant Viking raid on Britain took place

10 mins

DAVID CURRIE

In August 1944, as Allied forces attempted to close the Falaise Gap, a Canadian major led a small battlegroup into a French village to prevent the enemy escaping

6 mins

BATTLE OF MONTE CASSINO X CORPS ASSAULT

The three divisions suffered 4,000 casualties in the early days of this ill-fated advance

6 mins

OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR

Eleanor Dickens, curator at the British Library, reveals how 60 years ago a radical Stage musical changed perceptions of the First World War

5 mins

MUSEUMS & EVENTS

Discover The Tank Museum's centenary celebrations, the Rijksmuseum's acclaimed Vermeer exhibition and Newcastle-upon-Tyne's formidable namesake fortress

4 mins

DID ANCIENT ROME FIELD 'SPECIAL FORCES'?

While the organisation, training and equipment of Rome's legions were Key to their dominance, there were also specialists at work in the shadows who were offen critical to victory. Were they the ancient equivalent of today’s elite military?

9 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.