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The Battle of Friedland saw Napoleon contradict his

WAR IN FOCUS

© Alamy MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS 1565-67 Painted

DEMOLITION FROGMEN

Today’s US Navy SEALs have their origins in various WWII amphibious warfare units that fought in North Africa, France and the Pacific

THE VIETNAM WAR 1965-75

The jungles and rice paddies of South-East Asia were among the first battlefields for the US Navy’s new special forces teams

GRENADA & PANAMA 1983-89

In the 1980s the Navy SEALs were called upon to take part in two operations that would test their unique skills to the limit

THE WAR ON TERROR 2001 – PRESENT DAY

After the 9/11 terror attacks, Navy SEAL teams were sent into Afghanistan in late 2001 to bring the groups responsible to justice

NAPOLEON vs the TSAR

At the Battle of Friedland, the emperor saw a chance to finally bring Russia to heel — but did he betray his own rules of war to become ‘Master of Europe’?

THE SCHELDT

In the autumn of 1944, with the Allied supply chain stretching back to Normandy, First Canadian Army led the offensive to clear the Scheldt estuary and free the port of Antwerp

WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING

In 1943, resistance fighters in the Polish capital attacked German soldiers, sent to round up and transport the city’s Jews to concentration camps

HIROSHI ‘HERSHEY’ MIYAMURA

On 24 April 1951, when Chinese communist soldiers attacked US Company H in the hills near the Imjin River, this corporal held back the tide and protected his men

CRASSUS’ DOOMED CAMPAIGN

Determined to bask in the glory of his own military triumph, Marcus Crassus, the richest man in all of Rome, turned his gaze towards Parthia. His thirst for adoration would result in a catastrophe that would shake the Republic and condemn thousands of men to death

SEVEN PROUD DECADES

This new book from Osprey Publishing recounts how the Royal Navy changed and adapted during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, from service in the Cold War and the Falklands to today’s modern fleet

17PDR SP M10 ACHILLES

This agile British anti-tank weapon packed a fearsome punch in WWII

MUSEUMS & EVENTS

Discover Jacobites in Derby, a beautiful castle in Powis and Reading’s remarkable Victorian replica of the Bayeux Tapestry

WWII THIS MONTH… MAY 1943

To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict

WAR SAILOR

Our pick of the latest military history books and films

FROM THE BATTLEFIELD TO THE STAGE

AN ENLIGHTENING STUDY OF THE MANY FASCINATING LIVES OF GENERAL JOHN BURGOYNE, A SADLY NEGLECTED BRITISH MILITARY FIGURE

CONSPIRACY, CALAMITY AND COVER-UP

DISSECTING THE STRANGE CASE OF RUDOLF HESS AND THE TRUTH BEHIND HIS FLIGHT TO SCOTLAND IN MAY 1941

FLAWED COMMANDERS AND STRATEGY IN THE BATTLES FOR ITA LY, 1943-45

HAILED AS THE FIRST BREAKTHROUGH INTO HITLER’S ‘FORTRESS EUROPE’, THE ALLIES’ ITALIAN CAMPAIGN BECAME A SIDESHOW AFTER D-DAY. THIS BOOK EXAMINES ALL THE TOP GENERALS INVOLVED AND PAINTS A PICTURE OF COLLECTIVE FAILURE

REPORTING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

ANALYSING THE DECISIVE ROLE OF BRITAIN’S NEWSPAPER JOURNALISM IN SHAPING PUBLIC OPINION DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

HITLER’S FIRST DEFEAT

A GRIPPING TALE OF RESISTANCE AT THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF THE GREAT GLOBAL CONFLICT

ELIZABETH’S NAVY

A NOSTALGIC OVERVIEW OF THE LAST 70 YEARS OF THE ROYAL NAVY

DRAGOON HELMET

This cavalry headpiece was worn by a British Army officer at a battle in Germany, during the Seven Years’ War