VICTORY EUROPE IN 80TH ANNIVERSARY

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Red Army soldiers carrying a Soviet flag re-enact

WAR IN FOCUS

RETURNING FROM BUCHENWALD 14 May 1945

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BRASS ON THE BEACH 20 December 1944

TIMELINE OF THE... BOER WARS

Conflict erupts between the descendants of Dutch settlers in South Africa and the British

1880 BOER REBELLION

To secure routes for its global empire, Britain sought to dominate the Transvaal Republic – first through coercion, then brute force Complacent British commanders led their troops to a series of disastrous losses

WAR RENEWED

The Second Boer War began with a series of military disasters for the British, with their grip on the region rapidly loosening

THE BRITISH STRIKE BACK

Following the horrors of Black Week, it was the turn of the Boers to suffer repeated defeats, when General Roberts’ forces relieved Kimberley, Ladysmith and Mafeking

GUERRILLA WAR

British victory was seemingly assured but the Boers refused to give up. Set-piece battles gave way to improvised hit-and-run tactics, and Lord Kitchener resorted to brutal methods of his own

BATTLE OF BERLIN

REICHS TAG LAST STAND

MUKDEN 1905

This two-week clash was the largest engagement of the Russo-Japanese War and the biggest land battle ever fought up until that point

THE KILLING MACHINE

It’s 80 years since this young Danish officer was killed during an SBS raid. Receiving a Victoria Cross for his actions, he became the only special forces member to have been bestowed with Britain’s highest honour during WWII. Brave? Absolutely. Inspiring? Unquestionably. But was he also reckless?

POWHATAN BEATY

On 29 September 1864, this sergeant retrieved the colours and took command of his company at the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, inspiring a second assault against strong Confederate entrenchments

‘SPOOKY’ GUNSHIP

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BLOOD & BROTHERHOOD

UNDERSTANDING THE GERMAN PEASANTS’ WAR

LEADERS OF THE REVOLUTION

UNDERSTANDING THE GERMAN PEASANTS’ WAR

THE GERMAN PEASANTS’ WAR

The uprising sprawled across vast swathes of territory and a concerted campaign was required to crush it

HOME FRONT

74 ENDGAME IN BERLIN Plus more key WWII

THE MAN WHO SAVED PRIMO LEVI

Lorenzo Perrone, a starving civilian labourer, refused to be a bystander in Auschwitz and risked everything to keep Levi alive

PRIMO LEVI AND IF THIS IS AMAN

THE MAN WHO SAVED PRIMO LEVI

THE CIVILIANS TH AT HELPED AUSCHWITZ INMATES

How much is known about people like Perrone, who resisted the Nazi genocide?

Gurkha Museum overhaul

After receiving over £2 million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Gurkha Museum has announced ambitious plans to transform into an international centre for global heritage

Cumbria Museum of Military Life

Carlisle military history museum celebrates ordinary people that do extraordinary things across Cumbria’s regiments

Story of Soldier Magazine

The National Army Museum’s latest exhibition celebrates 80 years of the British Army’s magazine

APRIL 1945

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

THE WORLD OF THE COLD WAR

HOW THE CONFLICT ERUPTED AND ESCALATED SO RAPIDLY TO EMBROIL FIVE CONTINENTS OVER SIX DECADES, CULMINATING IN THE SPECTACULAR COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION

BRITAIN’S FORGOTTEN BATTLE

THE REICHSWALD FOREST CAMPAIGN, 1945

SECOND FRONT

ANGLO-AMERICAN RIVALRY AND THE HIDDEN STORY OF THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN

NAPOLEONIC PISTOLS

These guns were presented to a British captain by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815

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