The Grand Old Duke of York: A British Military Reformer
The grand old Duke of York He had ten thousand men He marched them up to the top of the hill And he marched them…
The grand old Duke of York He had ten thousand men He marched them up to the top of the hill And he marched them…
The greatest fighter ace of the First World War, Manfred von Richthofen, was born on the 2nd of May 1892. Becoming an officer cadet at…
The early years of the English Civil Wars did not always go well for the Parliamentary army. Royalist victories saw the forces of King Charles…
In August 1918, the Allied forces began their final great push of the First World War. Later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, this series…
Although they only arrived in the final year of the First World War, the Americans made their presence felt. The volume of manpower and resources…
The First World War is regarded by many with horror. Ill-considered tactics, stubborn persistence, and a lack of understanding of how war was changing led…
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the largest American military operation of the First World War. Engaging over a million American soldiers throughout the last months of…
Thousands of men served as officers in the British army during the First World War. Many of them lost their lives, and the survivors were…
Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck faced the most challenging task of any German commander in the First World War. In Europe, the Germans were confident of…
As a South African officer in the British Army of World War One, General Jan Smuts struggled against prejudice as much as he did against…
Thomas Edward Lawrence is one of the most mythologised officers in modern history. A biography by a journalist, his own writings, and a film about…
Early in the Second World War, the British received a dossier of Nazi military secrets. The extraordinary contents had been sent at great personal risk…