CHINESE CIVIL WAR

Welcome

British soldiers who have been gassed, awaiting treatment

POKER FACE

Taken: c.1914-15

WATERY GRAVE

Taken: c.1972-3

CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED

Taken: c.1930s

LEADERS & COMMANDERS

Politicians, ideologues and military commanders all played a crucial   role in the struggle to determine China’s future

LIAOSHEN CAMPAIGN

Communist forces turned the tide of the war in Manchuria with a determined push against Nationalist-held cities

TYPE 97 CHI-HA

The main tank of the People’s Liberation Army was actually Japanese but played a leading role in the Communist victory against the Kuomintang

THE LONG MARCH

Encircled and facing total defeat by the Kuomintang, China’s communists launched a daring breakout to find a safe haven. The year-long exodus decimated Mao’s rebels but saved their revolution

AN UNLIKELY ALLIANCE

When Imperial Japan invaded China in 1937 it brought about the near total defeat of the KMT. Desperate for allies, a ceasefire with the Red Army trapped in Shaanxi made them a second front against the Japanese

DAWN OF GAS WARFARE

Flesh and blood, iron and timber, synapse and sinew had clashed on the world’s battlefields for millennia. On 22 April 1915 the German Army  added a new spectre to the kill ing fields: poison gas

FORGOTTEN AFRICANS

OF THE FORGOTTEN FOURTEENTH

ROYAL WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE

The British Empire established battalions in its West African colonies that earned battle honours in both World Wars

FORCES HELP AFRICA

This Ghana-based organisation supports and honours Commonwealth veterans across the African continent who have served in the British armed forces

POITIERS

Great Battles

19 SEPTEMBER 1356

How the English recorded a decisive victory against French forces on French soil

THOMAS CUSTER

While George may be the most famous, or infamous Custer, after risking his life to capture two Confederate flags in the thick of battle, his younger brother Tom was arguably the most beloved

1554 Tudor Rebellion

Sir Thomas Wyatt's armed rebellion to overthrow Queen Mary I almost ended in the execution of her implicated sister, Princess Elizabeth

A NATIONAL PLOT

The revolt of 1554 was highly ambitious and uprisings were planned all over England

SIR THOMAS WYATT

The romantic poet

WWII THIS MONTH…

JANUARY 1941

MUSEUMS & EVENTS

Visit Berwick-upon-Tweed’s fortifications, the Royal Navy’s museum for munitions and the National Army Museum’s tribute to the Unknown Warrior

Berwick’s Battlements

England’s northernmost town has significant defences that date back to its time as a battleground during centuries of Anglo-Scottish warfare

Mighty Detonations

Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower is Hampshire’s dedicated centre for telling the story of the Royal Navy’s heavy weapons

BROTHERS IN ARMS

THE MAKING OF PLATOON, A DOCUMENTARY

THE NIGHT PORTER

AS THE INFAMOUS CULT CLASSIC RECEIVES A NEW RELEASE, DOES IT RETAIN ITS POWER TO SHOCK AND PROVOKE?

THE LAST 100 YEARS AND ALL THAT

AN ENTERTAINING JAUNT THROUGH 100 YEARS OF HISTORY

BLOOD, METAL & DUST

HOW VICTORY TURNED INTO DEFEAT IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ

HENRY VIII’S ARMOUR

Towards the end of his reign, England’s most famous king wore this Italian armoured suit during the Siege of Boulogne