The Liberation of the Camps: 15 April 1945, Bergen-Belsen
The Bergen-Belsen camp is perhaps one of the best-known of the atrocities committed by the Nazis during the…
Military History
The Liberation of the Camps: 11 April 1945, Buchenwald
It has been 70 years since the Nazi-led concentration and extermination camps were liberated by the allies. The…
How the British Army’s First World War Shaped its Second
More than three-and-a-half million men served in the British Army during the Second World War, the vast majority…
Those Who Hold Bastogne: To the Rescue
Our final extract from Those Who Hold Bastogne, Peter Schrijvers’ dramatic account of the 1944-5 winter of war,…
Those Who Hold Bastogne: Nuts!
The second of our series of extracts from Those Who Hold Bastogne focuses on the most well-known anecdote…
Those Who Hold Bastogne: Locking Shields
The Battle of the Bulge was Hitler’s last gamble, intended to force the Allies to negotiate a peace…
The Siege of Bastogne: Up Close and Personal
In the harsh winter of 1944-45, the month-long battle for Bastogne, a town with a peacetime population of…
The Great War for Peace: Battle of the Marne
‘Your Majesty, we have lost the war.’ – General Helmuth von Moltke to Kaiser Wilhelm, following the Battle…
The Great War for Peace: the social costs
In this extract from The Great War for Peace, William Mulligan looks at the connection between the outbreak…
Germany and Britain Declare War: August 1914
‘I have the honour, on the instructions of my Government, to inform your Excellency as follows: His Majesty…
Gavrilo Princip and the Great War for Peace
On the morning of 28 June, one hundred years ago, Archduke Franz Ferdinand disembarked from his train at…
The Battle of Bannockburn: a decisive moment for Scottish independence
Today marks the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, a decisive moment for Scottish national identity, and…
Monty’s Men: Commemorating the D-Day Landings
Written by Professor of Military History John Buckley, Monty’s Men offers a radical reappraisal of the role played…
Monty’s Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe
In Monty’s Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe, John Buckley offers a radical reappraisal of Great…
The Nine Lives of Bayes’ Rule
While a staple in modern-day statistics classes, Bayes’ rule, as immortalized in our statistics textbooks, has been killed…