Operating in all weathers, invariably at night, often at low level and usually without fighter escort, Allied 'Special Duties' (SD) squadrons and u...

The story of Bletchley Park's codebreaking operations in the Second World War is now well known, but its counterparts in the First World War - Room...

Before 1871, Germany was not yet a nation but simply an idea. Otto von Bismarck had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine indiv...

'masterly account of the massacre of the African elephant' The Spectator It is more than a thousand years since the exploitation of the elephant be...

It was inevitable that the Allies would invade France in the summer of 1944: the Nazis just had to figure out where and when. This job fell to the ...

The Allied invasion of occupied France began by delivering three airborne and six infantry divisions onto a 60-mile stretch of the Normandy coast. ...

Friday is the New Saturday makes a compelling, provocative and timely case for societal change. Drawing on an eclectic range of economic theory, hi...

The classic car market is in better shape than ever, remaining buoyant throughout the ups and downs of the motoring industry. Life in the slow lane...

Hanna Reitsch longed to fly. Having broken records and earned the respect of the Nazi regime, she was the first female Luftwaffe test pilot, and ev...

Ever since Captain Cook sailed into the Great Southern Ocean in 1773, mankind has sought to push back the boundaries of Antarctic exploration. The ...

In 2012 Annette Carson formed part of the team that discovered King Richard III's mortal remains, verified in 2013 by forensics including DNA match...

Who were Tubalcain, Aholiab and Zabud and what is their significance for the Freemason? There is a general interest in the rituals of Freemasonry, ...

In 1943, and with Allied victory in North Africa imminent, 1st Special Air Service Regiment was in danger of being disbanded. However, with the tim...

Winner of Military History Monthly's 2017 Book of the Year AwardThe Classis Britannica was the Roman regional fleet controlling and protecting the ...

'Based on eye-witness accounts, Robert Pike's moving book vividly depicts the lives of the villagers who were caught up in the tragedy of Oradour-s...

After the Second World War, war crimes prosecutors charged two of King George VI's closest German relatives with 'crimes against humanity'. America...

'Meticulously researched.' - Stewart Lamont, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre'Sandford's accomplished, well-crafted work brings Conan Doyle into sharp...

The life of Bavarian Hans Frank, one of the ten war criminals hanged at Nuremburg in 1946, has not received the full attention the world has given ...

'Absolutely gripping. Impeccably researched and written with the pace and narrative drive of a thriller, but attentive too to the dignity of the vi...

At the beginning of the 20th century, monarchy was by far the most common form of government. Today, their number has diminished, yet they continue...

After listening to his mother-in-law talking about her experiences in the Second World War, David Bolton set out to record the wartime memories of ...