Military History

A collection of 21 Posts

Double Crossing Hitler post image

Double Crossing Hitler

Taylor Downing on the campaign of deception and disinformation that preceded D-Day in 1944

The Medieval Art of Graham Turner post image

The Medieval Art of Graham Turner

The artist Graham Turner casts an eye back to 1471 and one of the decisive moments of the Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Barnet

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1918: Inside Amiens Cathedral

A journalist describes a poignant service in a barricaded and subdued church

Why did Joseph Stalin Decide to Invade Finland in 1939? post image

Why did Joseph Stalin Decide to Invade Finland in 1939?

The Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland began in late 1939. For Stalin, as Kimmo Rentola explains, it turned out to be a strategic blunder

The Siege of Leningrad post image

The Siege of Leningrad

Prit Buttar on the city that would not surrender

To Besiege a City with Prit Buttar post image

To Besiege a City with Prit Buttar

Prit Buttar on the Nazi siege of Leningrad

Life and Death on the Eastern Front post image

Life and Death on the Eastern Front

Anthony Tucker-Jones and Ian Stewart Spring share rare colour photographs from the Second World War

The Battle of Fredericksburg (Part 2) – Storming Marye's Heights post image

The Battle of Fredericksburg (Part 2) – Storming Marye's Heights

After the amphibious assault by the Union army two days prior, both armies, unknowing of the carnage to come, prepared for battle

The Battle of Fredericksburg (Part 1) – Crossing the Rappahannock post image

The Battle of Fredericksburg (Part 1) – Crossing the Rappahannock

Illustrated eyewitness accounts of the Union's amphibious assault of Fredericksburg on Thursday, December 11th, 1862