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Great Battles
Outnumbered and outgunned, the Finns’ spirited defence
How the Red Army pushed back German forces and what they discovered in their wake as WWII turned
How does it feel to ride 833 miles along a border of a country at war? One man takes his BMW R1300GS to south-east Finland to find out
Three months after German forces captured Fort Douaumont in February 1916 (see issue 1 of Iron Cross) a calamity befell the occupiers, predominantly comprising troops from the Prussian Brandenburg reg
THE TURNING POINTS OF 1812
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, USA 11-15 DECEMBER 1862
During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, German troops faced an unexpected threat. The French Army used hot-air balloons, or Montgolfiers, for the first time for reconnaissance and intelligence purp