LEADERS & COMMANDERS

Welcome

Under a year before Operation Overlord and the liberation of

WAR IN FOCUS

An F-14A Tomcat fighter jet lands at a desert airfield

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR

The first battle the Franco-German border when three corps of

GRAVELOTTE 1870

The Franco-Prussian War is largely remembered for its political impact

SIEGE MENTALITY

It is usually accepted that warfare is a direct stimulus

SICILY 1943: THE ASSAULT ON FORTRESS EUROPE

In terms of men landed in a single day, Operation

OPERATION MINCEMEAT

In its 4 June 1943 roll of wartime casualties, The

SIEGE OF BELGRADE

Belgrade’s fall to the Turks in the late-Medieval period was

FIGHTING WITH THE ‘FORGOTTEN ARMY’

As the guns fell silent over Europe on VE Day

A-10 WARTHOG

The A-10 Thunderbolt is a single-seat, close-air support fighter jet

ROBERT CAIN

Hushed, anxious voices and the clattering of kit echoes around

THE REAL BERSERKERS

The Viking berserker is a figure caught between myth and

MUSEUMS & EVENTS

The Royal Air Force Museum is encouraging visitors to adopt

SEPTEMBER 1940

Shortly after the failure of the Luftwaffe to destroy the

COUP 53

In August 1953, Iranian prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was arrested

IRON EMPIRES

You don’t need to be a railway enthusiast to be

FORTRESS BUDAPEST

The opening of formerly closed Soviet archives has allowed Nevenkin

TOXIC

Dan Kaszeta’s chilling account of the history of nerve agents

THOMAS PICTON’S HAT

A Welshman from Pembrokeshire, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton joined the