How the Red Army pushed back German forces and what they discovered in their wake as WWII turned

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

“HAUNTED BY THE SPECTRE OF THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION”

FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, USA 11-15 DECEMBER 1862

On a beautiful summer’s morning almost 110 years ago, men of the British Army stepped out into no-man’s land at 7.30am. It was 1 July 1916, and the start of what was then called ‘The Big Push’. With h