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In an effort to allow Wehrmacht troops to retain some form of fig
The Germans possessed two monstrous M-Gerät howitzer guns nicknamed ‘Big Bertha’ – but they were barely finished and had undergone no testing when the First World War broke out. Even so, on 2 August 1
By spring 1941, the Afrika Korps was advancing across eastern Libya towards Egypt and the Suez Canal. But a dusty port town lay in their path
KARELIAN ISTHMUS 25 JUNE – 9 JULY 1944
Almost a year on from his final day hunting the Duke of Beaufort’s hounds, Matt Ramsden reflects on how his attitude to the winter, weather and hunting itself has changed
Leading historians share the texts that have inspired and informed their work
Europe’s frozen northeast became a new sacred frontier of holy war, forced conversion and occupation against Europe’s last pagans