2016年4月6日 · Famous for featuring Mark Hamill in between Star Wars movies, this is director Samuel Fuller’s semi-autobiographical account of life in the 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red …

2017年12月4日 · Their job done, the British Commandos were disbanded after the war, but their role and skill set has lived on in the Royal Marines. HMS Campbeltown being converted for the …

2016年4月15日 · All of the awards are richly deserved but the most inspiring stories arguably come from those involving man’s best friend: the loyal dog. Founded in 1943, the Dickin Medal …

2015年2月18日 · For more on World War II, pick up the new issue of History of War or subscribe now and save 30% off the cover price. All About History is part of Future plc, an international …

2024年6月19日 · The context is important. Britain was left with no allies at the start of the Second World War after France’s fall in the Blitzkrieg campaign by Germany. In the dark days of June …

2015年10月13日 · In June 2015, History of War were lucky enough to have the chance to attend the 71st anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. After visiting the sites that made Operation …

2014年9月30日 · They had forced the RAF to abandon some of its critical airfields in Southeast England, and that’s more important than it sounds, because these were pre-war established …

2015年9月21日 · During World War I, stories were circulated that the Germans had introduced a new way of ‘recycling’ the dead bodies that were piling up on the front. The Times ran this …

2017年4月5日 · After World War II the Nazi catastrophe had to be explained. Again the 1919 Peace Treaty obliged: ‘The War that led to the Versailles Peace that led to Hitler’ became the …

2024年9月16日 · How did Stalin’s growth as a strategist during the Second World War compare to Mussolini and Hitler relative decline? Stalin was fascinating in that way. I call him the worst …