JULY 1940

Welcome

At the outbreak of the First World War, the British

WAR in FOCUS

US soldiers leave a burning village, during the Vietnam War

TIMLINE OF... BURGUNDY’S WARS

In a quest to enlarge their territories and establish an independent kingdom, Burgundian dukes wreak havoc in France, subjugate the Low Countries and fall foul of the Swiss

THE GOOD, THE BOLD AND THE FEARLESS

The Burgundian dukes equally pursued politics and brute force in their quest for an independent state

MORAT 1476

Charles the Bold was defeated by the Swiss a battle that doomed the Burgundian State

DIVIDED LOYALTY

Burgundy was the vital third player during the Hundred Years’ War whose unlikely alliance with England inflicted humiliating defeats on Armagnac France and destroyed Joan of Arc

WHAT HAPPENED TO BRITAIN’S VOLUNTEER ARMY KITCHENER’S MOB

Popular imagination holds that the volunteer army raised by Lord Kitchener in the opening weeks of the Great War was formed in the wake of a great recruiting campaign; that thousands lined up outside the recruiting offices; and that Kitchener’s Army, as it came to be known, was composed of ‘Pals Battalions’ whose engagement on the Somme in 1916 was to have far-reaching implications for the British nation. But was it really this way?

GURKHAS ON TUMBLEDOWN

Nepal’s renowned soldiers played a remarkable role during the Falklands War where their fearsome reputation alone had the ability to determine battles

BATTLE OF ANTIOCH

After taking seven months to capture a Turkish garrison, the crusaders prepare to fend off a siege from a determined army led by Kerbogha, the atabeg of Mosul

JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN

This at Little Round Top, during the Battle of Gettysburg

STEPHEN THE GREAT

This master of the ambush weathered repeated invasions in the late 15th century, in a quest to maintain an independent principality

SIKORSKY MH-60 BLACK HAWK

Designed for special operations in hostile environments, this was a new kind of war machine, built for a new kind of battlefield

MUSEUMS & EVENTS

Commemorate the end of WWII with the IWM, take a virtual tour around Anne Frank’s hiding place and discover Cumbria’s military past through slideshows and activities

JULIE SUMMERS

JULIE SUMMERS, AUTHOR OF DRESSED FOR WAR, DISCUSSES HOW THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN ANTICIPATED THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE

THE HUMAN FACTOR

A NEW HISTORY OF THE END OF THE COLD WAR, FOCUSSING ON THE INFLUENCE AND PERSONALITIES OF THREE OF THE KEY PLAYERS

ACROSS AN ANGRY SEA

IN MAY 1982, BRITISH TROOPS WENT INTO BATTLE IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC WITH THE ODDS STACKED AGAINST THEM. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE WAR AS EXPERIENCED BY D SQUADRON, 22 SAS

ROME RESURGENT WAR AND EMPIRE IN THE AGE OF JUSTINIAN

A COMPREHENSIVE RE-ASSESSMENT OF JUSTINIAN’S REIGN

DEFIANT: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

AN ATTEMPTED TO GAIN JUSTICE FOR A ’FORGOTTEN FIGHTER’

RAF DUNKIRK JACKET

This battered item of clothing was worn by a Hurricane pilot shot down during Operation Dynamo in May 1940