Timeline of...mussolini’s army

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 reconquest of Burma was carried out by the 14th Army and 15th Corps, comprising British, Indian, West and East African troops and indigenous troops, including those of Aung San’s Burma Defence Army, which swapped sides to fight with the Allies

Since 1940 Japan had been devoid of civilian politicians as the parties had been dissolved by the militaristic Imperial Rule Assistance Association, led by Lt General Hideki Tojo. Over the intervening

In 2015, the veteran author, Frederick Forsyth, by then aged 76, unleashed his latest spellbinding adventure. The opening sentences of the latest volume from the man who had already produced such clas

Lieutenant General Bill Slim had a cunning plan to unstitch the Japanese defence of Burma in 1945

PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE 25 SEPTEMBER - 13 OCTOBER 1915